COLUMBUS – Shamya Saultz was visiting with friends and relatives inside a South Side apartment early Thursday when, in an instant, everything changed.
A suspect, wearing all black, burst into the room just after 12:30 a.m. and opened fire on the group, hitting the 15-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, according to Columbus police.
Shamya would not live to see the sunrise.
15YO GIRL KILLED; 14YO BOY INJURED:
Today, 6/6/19 at 12:32am, Columbus Police were called to 40 West Welch Avenue Apt. C on the report of a shooting.
Anyone with info regarding this case is asked to contact CPD’s Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or hconley@columbuspolice.org. pic.twitter.com/Ixx4djOqUu
— Columbus Division of Police (@ColumbusPolice) June 6, 2019
Shamya and the boy, whose name was not released, were taken from the scene of the shooting on W. Welch Avenue to Grant Medical Center with Shamya suffering from life-threatening injuries, Sgt. J.R. Strayer of the Homicide Unit said.
While the boy was listed in stable condition, Strayer says Shamya died at 3:52 a.m., the 49th murder victim in Columbus this year.
Police did not name any suspects and the investigation continues.
Anyone with information regarding this incident, is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS.