COLUMBUS – A 14-year-old boy is dead and a teenage girl in the hospital after police say an argument outside an East Side elementary school turned violent Wednesday night.
Jaykwon Sharp and Miracle Carolina, both 14, were shot on a sidewalk near Shady Lane Elementary School just before 7:00 p.m. by someone detectives say Sharp was arguing with, Homicide Unit investigators said.
14YO KILLED, ANOTHER 14YO SHOT:
5/22/19@6:51pm officers were dispacthed to the area of 1444 Shady Lane on an shooting.
2 victims:14yo Jaykwon Sharp & 14-yo Miracle Carolin. Sharp passed away. Motive:argument between Sharp & suspect. CPD: 614-645-4730 jshockey@columbuspolice.org pic.twitter.com/ZXgS39DOFR— Columbus Division of Police (@ColumbusPolice) May 23, 2019
Officers found the two at 6:51 p.m. and paramedic from Columbus and Whitehall took them to area hospitals, police said.
Sharp was pronounced dead at 8:06 p.m. but police say Carolina is expected to recover from a wound in the leg.
Detectives identified a person of interest who was believed to have barricaded themselves inside a home nearby but, according to a report by WBNS 10-TV, when SWAT officers made entry at about — around 2:30 a.m. they did not find anyone inside and Boxill says detectives are searching for a teenage suspect.
This is the 43rd homicide in Columbus in 2019.
Anyone with any information in regards to this incident is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).