COLUMBUS – Police have arrested a man in connection with a deadly shooting on the Northeast Side last month.
UPDATE 2/7/23 6:32 a.m.: This article has been updated with information about the arrest of a suspect in this incident.
Columbus police officers dispatched to the 6100 block of Cleveland Avenue on a reported shooting at 11:00 p.m. on Jan. 23 found Rudy Tirado-Gonzalez, 51, suffering from a gunshot wound, Sgt. Michael Smith of the Homicide Unit said.
The officers rendered first aid and Columbus paramedics took the victim to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:38 p.m.
Armando Flores, 25, was charged with murder and arrested by Columbus SWAT officers in Whitehall on Feb. 3, Smith said.
This incident remains under investigation.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).