COLUMBUS – CrimeStoppers of Central Ohio is offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever is responsible for the shooting death of a 54-year-old man last month.
Anonymous tips can be called to 614-461-TIPS (8477) or go to the CrimeStoppers website
Witnesses say Earl Simmons had tried to break up a fight in front of a home on Schenley Drive on the Northeast Side just before 8:30 p.m. on March 26.
The organization is hosting a fundraising Shredding Day Saturday, May 1, from 8:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at 775 Taylor Road in Gahanna. For a minimum donation of $10, visitors can drop off up to five boxes of paper (no cardboard) and the first 300 cars get an $18 voucher from Moo Moo Car Wash.
Several weapons were fired and one of the bullets struck Simmons, who died later at Grant Medical Center, the 45th homicide victim of 2021 in Columbus.
All tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous. Crime Stoppers does not use Caller ID or record telephone conversations and a special coding system protects the identity of the caller.