COLUMBUS – A man who was shot while riding in a vehicle on the Southeast Side Thursday afternoon died later at the hospital, according to Columbus police.
Malik Price was a passenger in the car when the occupants of another vehicle opened fire on the car at the intersection of Courtright Road and Petzinger Court just after 4:00 p.m., Homicide Unit Sgt. James Marable said.
After the shooting, Price, 27, was driven to Mount Carmel East Hospital by a 25-year-old man whose name was not released.
Price died at the hospital just before 5:00 p.m., Marable said
The circumstances that led up to the shooting are currently under investigation.
This is the 144th homicide in Columbus Ohio in Calendar Year 2021.
Anyone with 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).