COLUMBUS – Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old on the Northeast Side earlier this week.
They arrested Dezmond Childress and charged him with murder in the slaying Monday afternoon of Jeremiah Harper outside a home in the 1100 block of Duxberry Avenue, according to Homicide Unit Sgt. Dave Sicilian.
Officers were told Harper was shot outside the home just before 1:00 p.m. and ran inside where he was found by officers.
He died later at OSU Wexner Medical Center, Sicilian said.
No other details were released.