COLUMBUS – Police say a man shot his 16-year-old daughter to death early Wednesday morning because he reportedly thought she was a burglar.
Authorities say the mother called 911 after the shooting in the family’s home in the 5400 block of Piper Bend Drive around 4:30 a.m. and said the father had shot at someone he thought was breaking into the house after the security system was activated.
In a recording of the 911 call, the father asks his daughter what she was doing, and both parents beg for Janae Hairston to wake up.
Violet Township paramedics took Hairston to Mount Carmel East Hospital, where she died just after at 5:40 a.m., Sgt. James Marable of the Homicide Unit said.
No charges have been filed and Marable says the case will be forwarded to the Franklin County Prosecutor’s office for review.
It was the 202nd homicide of the year in Columbus.
Second man in custody in October murder
A 20-year-old man surrendered Wednesday after being charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a man on Hallowe’en night.
David Peton Jr. was charged with murder and felonious assault in the death of Nazeer Winton, 21, who was found shot to death on a Southeast Side Street on Oct. 31, Sgt. David Shimberg of the Homicide Unit said.
Othman Abdu, 18, of Blacklick, was arrested for murder on Nov. 19 in connection with the incident in the 3000 block of Rabbit Hill Lane, Shimberg said.