COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police have arrested a man believed to have been involved in the fatal shooting of another on Christmas morning in the northeast side of the city.
According to court documents, an investigation into the death of Demetris Mitchell, who was shot and killed in North Linden the morning of Dec. 25, 2024, led to an arrest on Wednesday. Police arrived to a home in the 1700 block of East Weber Road and found Mitchell lying inside a back door entrance with an apparent gunshot wound.
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Mitchell was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead at 10:33 a.m.
Homicide detectives reviewed video evidence from area businesses and apartments revealed that Mitchell was involved in an argument with a man and a woman at an apartment building next door to the shooting incident. Mitchell reportedly flashed a firearm as he was leaving the apartment doorway…