COLUMBUS – A man was taken to the hospital in critical condition following a shooting incident that shut down an East Side interstate for three hours Monday afternoon.
Bruce Prowell Jr. told police he was driving eastbound on I-70, west of the Alum Creek Drive exit, just before noon when a blue Toyota SUV pulled alongside of his vehicle and the driver fired multiple gunshots at him, according to Sgt. James Jardine of the Felony Assault Unit.
Prowell, 28, suffered from multiple gunshot wounds to the left side of his body and was rushed to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in critical condition but Jardine says he was later upgraded to stable condition.
The interstate was shut down for three hours during the investigation.
A 27-year-old man was in stable condition after being shot a half dozen times outside his home on the Hilltop early Tuesday.
Randall Lee Bays told officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert in the 400 block of Columbian Avenue at 12:07 a.m. that he heard shots outside the home and went out the back door to investigate where he was shot several times by someone in the rear of a black Jeep, Sgt. David Shimberg said.
Bays was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center with injuries to his right thigh, right foot and left hand, Shimberg said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Columbus Police Felony Assault Unit at 614-645-4189 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS(8477).