COLUMBUS – Police are investigating the shooting death of a man found behind the wheel of an SUV that ran into a utility pole in North Linden late Thursday night.
Officers were called to the 1000 block of E Hudson Street at 11:01 p.m. on a report of a shooting found William Hinson in the driver’s seat of the vehicle that had struck the pole, Sgt. James Marable of the Columbus police homicide unit said.
Hinson, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene, the 63rd homicide victim of the year in Columbus.
A 29-year-old woman who was in the SUV with Hinson at the time of the incident was unharmed, Marable said.
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).