COLUMBUS – A man shot to death in a field on the Northeast Side Thursday morning is the 78th homicide victim of 2015 in Columbus.
Fire and police personnel found the victim laying on a walking path in the field east of the intersection of E. 25th Avenue and Billiter Boulevard just after 11:15 a.m., suffering from a gunshot wound, Sgt. Dave Sicilian of the Homicide Unit said.
The unidentified man died later at Grant Medical Center.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Crime Stoppers 614-645-TIPS.