Shooting victim dies in hospital

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COLUMBUS – A man who was shot on the South Side early Sunday has died.

Marchel Brooks was pronounced dead at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center at 9:26 a.m. Tuesday, according to detectives with the Columbus police Homicide Unit.

Brooks, 20, was with three other men in the 3300 block of Markham Road just before 3:00 a.m. Sunday when shots were fired, hitting Brooks and one of the other men, police said.

The other two men on the scene were hot struck by the gunfire, police said.

Anyone with information regarding the incident, is asked to call Columbus police at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).