Dispute over auto parts leads to murder charge

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A dispute over auto parts has led to a fatal shooting and the murder indictment of a Franklin County man.

Austin Tyler Hagemann, 26, was arrested Tuesday as a suspect in the shooting death of Jack Hamilton, 38, in Madison Township in December 2024. Watch a previous report on the shooting in the video player above.

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According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, on Dec. 19, 2024, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Madison Township police responded to a call for a shooting on the 3000 block of Noe Bixby Road.

The sheriff’s office said that Hagemann went to Hamilton’s home to retrieve auto parts that Hagemann believed were owed to him. The two men, who were acquainted with each other, got into an argument, and as Hagemann tried to leave in his van, Hamilton jumped onto the van’s running board and began hitting Hagemann in the face, police said…

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