COLUMBUS – Police did not report having any suspects in the shooting death of an 18-year-old man whose body was found on an East Side street Monday morning.
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION: Today, 9/30/19@8:09am, a citizen called CPD stating there was a body lying outside of 950 Mt. Vernon Ave.
18yo Tashaun Darby was fatally shot. There is no suspect information at this time.
Info-CPD: 614-645-4730 or orrwachalec@columbuspolice.org pic.twitter.com/MyHgeYReRp
— Columbus Division of Police (@ColumbusPolice) September 30, 2019
Officers found Tashaun Darby lying in the 900 block of Mount Vernon Avenue at 8:09 a.m. after a caller reported a dead body lying on the ground, Homicide Unit Sgt. Eric Pilya said.
Darby was pronounced dead at the scene, the 81st homicide in Columbus in 2019.
Anyone with any information regarding the incident is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).