COLUMBUS – Police are investigating the death of a man found shot inside a parked vehicle in the Driving park neighborhood early Wednesday.
UPDATE: 5/9/19 8:29 a.m.: The victim has been identified as Marquise Antwaun Lanier.
The identity of the 23-year-old man was not released pending notification of the victim’s family, according to Sgt. Jeffrey Strayer of the Homicide Unit.
Officers responding to a reported shooting in the 800 block of Fairwood Avenue at 2:25 a.m. found the man inside a parked vehicle, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, Strayer said.
He was taken to Grant Medical Center in extremely critical condition and died about a half hour later, Strayer said.
The investigation continues.
This is the 38th homicide in Columbus in 2019.
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.