COLUMBUS – A 12-year-old boy is in serious condition with a gunshot wound in his leg after a drive-by shooting in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood on the Northeast Side Tuesday night.
Police say the boy was among several people behind 880 Caldwell Place when a silver car, possibly a Cadillac, stopped in the intersection of Caldwell Place and Old Leonard Avenue and a passenger in the front seat fired four or five shots at the group, hitting the boy in the leg before the car drove away, Homicide Unit investigators said.
Police had no suspects or motive for the shooting early Wednesday.
Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to call the Columbus Police Assault Unit at 614-645-4141 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-645-TIPS.