Columbus police release footage of pursuit that ended in fatal crash

The Columbus Division of Police has released dashboard and body-worn camera footage of a short vehicle pursuit in which a teenage suspect ran a stop sign and crashed, killing two people in another car.

The March 14 crash killed 71-year-old Franklin Ward, of Olde Town East, and 52-year-old Tessa Berry, of Whitehall. The crash happened at 3:43 p.m. at the intersection of East 19th Avenue and Hamilton Avenue in South Linden.

Officers were pursuing a suspect vehicle allegedly connected to a March 10 shooting in which gunfire damaged cars and at least one home, the division said…

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