COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus police are still investigating a June homicide after a suspect was arrested before the charge was dropped.
While investigating the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Jayvon Gore, a Columbus Police SWAT unit arrested a man in connection to it as well as an alleged carjacking that occurred about a mile away.
On June 18 at 1:04 a.m., Gore was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds near the E.Z. Oakland Park Plaza in the 1400 block of Oakland Park Avenue in North Linden. Multiple tips after the incident pointed to a person of interest, and three weeks later, police arrested 33-year-old Toreal Crawford.
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Crawford, who also had a warrant issued for his arrest in late May, is facing aggravated robbery charges, stemming from an incident in which a rideshare driver was accosted at a gas station in the 2700 block of Cleveland Avenue. While Crawford’s carjacking case remains ongoing in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, the initial murder charge against him was dropped…