COLUMBUS – Police are looking for suspects after a man was shot to death on an East Side street late Monday night.
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Callers to the Columbus Police radio room said they heard several gunshots being fired during a fight in the street in the area of 726 S. Napoleon Avenue shortly after 11:00 p.m., said Homicide Unit Sgt. Jeffrey Strayer.
Officers responding to the reports found Anthony Sowell Jr., 27, suffering from several gunshot wounds. Strayers says he was pronounced dead at the scene, the 70th homicide victim in the city this year.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Crime Stoppers at 614-645-TIPS (8477).