COLUMBUS – Police have arrested a suspect in the June murder of a man who was killed on the West Side but found on the other side of town.
Officers spotted Richard Schoonover in the area of Alkire and Demorest Roads on the Southwest Side and took him into custody on Thursday, Sgt. Edward Powell III of the Columbus police Homicide unit said.
The 49-year-old Schoonover was taken to the Franklin County Jail where he is being held on a murder charge in connection with the shooting death of Robert Lester, 52, on June 25, Powell said.
Lester was shot in the 1900 block of W. Broad Street but was found on the other side of town near the intersection of Livingston and Fairwood Avenues, Powell said.