COLUMBUS – A man is dead after being shot during a running gun battle between people in two vehicles in the area of Westgate Park Friday night.
Witnesses reported seeing two vehicles chasing and shooting at each other in the 3000 block of Wicklow Road at approximately 10:19 p.m., Sgt. Edward Powell III of the Columbus police Homicide Unit said.
Subsequent calls came into the 911 call center and when the officers dispatched to the scene arrived, they were directed to the area of Parkside Road and S Roys Avenue where they found a man seated in his vehicle, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, according to Powell.
The man, whose name was being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next-of-kin was pronounced dead at the scene.
This is the 88th homicide of the year in Columbus.
A 19-year-old man who was also in the vehicle at the time of the shooting was not injured, Powell said.
The incident is still under investigation and anyone with information is asked to call Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).