COLUMBUS – A man has been arrested after police say he admitted to the fatal shooting of another man in South Linden, one of two homicides reported Thursday.
Detectives say Derek Boone, 28, remained at the scene of a shooting that happened just before noon in the 2200 block of Homestead Drive and told police he shot Cornelius Casimere, 30, who died at the scene, Sgt. Eric Pilya of the Homicide Unit said.
Boone was charged with murder after being questioned at police headquarters.
A 32-year-old man was shot to death in the 3200 block of Kenray Drive on the Northeast Side just after 10:30 p.m., the 112th homicide of the year in the city, police said.
Carrington Willis died about 30 minutes later at OSU East Medical Center, Sgt. James Marable of the Homicide Unit said.
A woman who was with Carrington was shot at but not struck and three houses were hit by multiple rounds, Marable said.
The motive behind the shooting is still under investigation and police did not name any suspects.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).
Police say they were investigating three other shooting incidents, all of which occurred in various locations between 9:18 and 10:38 p.m. Thursday, according to the Division of Police Twitter feed.