GROVE CITY — The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating a deadly police shooting in a Grove City shopping center parking lot Saturday night.
SWAT officers seeking a man wanted on a rape warrant they encountered the suspect in the parking lot of a Home Depot store, Sgt. David Scarpitti of the Columbus Division of Police said.
Scarpitti said the officers fired their weapons shortly before 8:30 p.m., striking the man. Details of what led up to the shooting were not disclosed. He was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center and pronounced dead about a half-hour later.
Scarpitti said body-camera footage from the officers will be released when available. Police said a gun was recovered at the scene.