COLUMBUS – Two men died in separate shooting incidents in Columbus over the weekend.
Officers dispatched to a business at 2000 Jetway Boulevard at 7:07 a.m. Saturday on a report of an unresponsive person in the parking lot found a man suffering from gunshot wounds, Sgt. David Shimberg of the Homicide Unit said.
The man, whose name was withheld pending notification of next-of-kin, was pronounced dead at the scene.
UPDATE 10/13/20 8:17 a.m.: The victim in this shooting has been identified as Richard Fisher, 28.
This was the 120th homicide of the year in Columbus.
The investigation continues and the motive for the shooting was unknown early Monday morning.
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.
A West Side man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of another man who died after being shot while talking to his girlfriend outside an apartment on the Hilltop
Detectives say Isaiah Petty was talking to his girlfriend outside of an apartment at 3680 Briggs Road at 11:40 p.m. Friday when Christopher Thompson allegedly fired a shot at him from inside the apartment, striking Petty in the chest, Sgt. James Marable said.
Petty, 23, died Saturday morning at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center.
Thompson, 28, was arrested and initially charged with felonious assault but Marable says the charge will be upgraded to murder.