COLUMBUS – Columbus police are investigating the shooting death of a man found sitting in a truck on a North Linden street early Thursday morning.
Officers responding to a report of gunshots just after 2:00 a.m. found Jordan Gray in the driver’s seat of a U-Haul truck in the 800 block of Tulane Road suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Sgt. Eric Pilya of the Homicide Unit said.
Gray, 21, died later at Riverside Methodist Hospital as a result of the injuries.
The preliminary investigation indicates that a man wearing a red mask walked up to the truck, fired numerous rounds at the victim, and then drove away in a silver SUV, Pilya said
This is the 31st homicide of the year in Columbus.
Anyone with any 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).