COLUMBUS – A West Side man is facing a murder charge following a deadly shooting on the Hilltop Monday night.
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION:
2/25/19@8:58pm CPD patrol officers responded to 2065 W. Mound St. on a shooting.
25yo Richard Pack (M/W) found w/multiple gunshot wounds located in the home.
He & Kandle Messenger were engaged in a physical confrontation which led up to the shooting. pic.twitter.com/2ZkLUxe20p— Columbus Division of Police (@ColumbusPolice) February 26, 2019
Kandle Messenger has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting Richard Pack to death while the two were fighting inside a home in the 2000 block of W. Mound Street, across from West Mound Elementary School, police said.
Officers responding to the reported shooting at the home at 8:58 p.m. found Pack suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Investigators say Pack, 25, and Messenger, 21, were involved in a fight before the shooting.
This was the 15th homicide of 2019 in Columbus.