COLUMBUS – Columbus police were looking for whoever laid in wait and gunned down a man outside a Blacklick townhome early Tuesday morning.
A caller to the Columbus police radio dispatch center at 2:37 a.m. said a man had been shot in the 7400 block of Kirkdale Drive and the caller was taking the victim to the hospital, according to Sgt. Jeff Strayer of the Homicide Unit.
The victim, identified as Kenneth Davis, arrived at Mt. Carmel East Hospital at approximately 2:43 a.m. and was rushed into the trauma unit but was pronounced dead at approximately 2:55 a.m., Strayer said.
Strayer says investigators determined that Davis, 35, was shot in his vehicle as he arrived at the address in an apparent ambush attack.
Detectives were canvassing the area attempting to identify any possible witnesses to the shooting, Strayer said.
This is the 79th homicide of the year in Columbus
Anyone with any information regarding the incident is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS.