COLUMBUS – Columbus police are looking for clues in a double murder on the Northeast Side Thursday night.
UPDATE 12/12/22 6:57 a.m.: Police have released the name of the second victim in this incident
No suspect information was available early Friday in connection with a shooting in the 1000 block of Marland Drive North, which left Matthew Scheurell and 37-year-old Branden Morris dead, Sgt. Edward Powell III of the Homicide Unit said.
Officers responding to a report of a shooting at approximately 6:41 p.m. found Scheurell, 45, and the other victim suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
Morris was pronounced dead at the scene by Columbus Division of Fire personnel.
Scheurell died later at a hospital.
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 (8477).