Early in the pre-dawn darkness yesterday, a residence in the 700 block of East Main Street became the unlikely stage for gunfire, as described in a report from the Columbus Division of Police. According to a press release by the Columbus Division of Police, at precisely 3:31 a.m., shots rang out, piercing the calm and striking the victim, who was gathered with friends in their apartment at the time.
The report notes that the assailant, whose identity remains shrouded in mystery, executed the drive-by from the cold anonymity of a moving vehicle before fading into the night, leaving behind only the cacophony of sirens and the harsh staccato of paramedics working to save a life. The victims, wounded in the back, found themselves thrust harshly into that liminal space…..