COLUMBUS (AP) — Columbus is redeploying its homicide detectives in a move to battle crime and relieve stress on officers.
The move by the Columbus Division of Police comes as the city exceeds 130 killings for the year.
The city had 88 homicides this time last year on its way to a record 175 slayings.
A pilot program has moved all 32 homicide detectives along with four sergeants to a first-shift schedule of 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Deputy Chief Tim Becker says most of the people homicide detectives must work with, from prosecutors to crime lab technicians, already work day shifts.
Woman shot to death on Southwest Side
A 34-year-old woman shot to death on the Southwest Side early Thursday is the city’s 132nd homicide of the year.
Alyse Edwards was found in a hallway of a building at 3740 Eakin Road at 5:51 a.m. and died later at Doctors Hospital, Sgt. Edward Powell III of the Homicide Unit said.
Cortez Jackson, 31, a resident of the building, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the incident, Powell said.
Man injured in freeway shooting
A 40-year-old man was injured by fragments of broken glass from his vehicle’s windshield when it was struck by gunfire while he was driving on a South Side interstate Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Gregory Finch Sr. told police he was driving northbound on I-71 near Dyer Road at about 3:46 p.m. when someone in a white or beige four-door automobile fired shots at him, detectives with the Felony Assault Unit said.