22-year-old man becomes city’s 140th homicide victim of 2021

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COLUMBUS – Columbus police are investigating the death of man inside an East Side apartment building Thursday morning.

Officers dispatched to the 100 block of Heatherbridge Lane at approximately 5:01 a.m. on a report of gunshots in the area found Stephen Gonzalez-Gammon lying in the entranceway to the complex, Sgt. Edward Powell III of the Homicide Unit said.

Officers performed life saving measure until Columbus paramedics arrived and took Gonzalez-Gammon, 22, to Mt. Carmel East Hospital, where he died at 5:40 a.m., Powell said.

This was the 140th homicide in Columbus this year and police released no information about suspects or a motive.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the Columbus Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).