COLUMBUS – The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is in charge of the probe into a shooting incident where a Columbus police officer was involved.
A 19-year-old man was injured during the incident, though it was not immediately clear if his injury was caused by a bullet fired from a police officer’s weapon or had been inflicted during an earlier incident which touched off the events that led up to his arrest, Columbus Division of Police spokesman Sgt. Rich Weiner said.
Officers witnessed a shooting between a male and a female near a vehicle in the intersection of E. Livingston Avenue and Alum Creek Drive at approximately 9:17 p.m. Sunday and attempted to intervene when Marquise Artis jumped into a vehicle and fled on Livingston Avenue, Weiner said.
Officers observed the vehicle and pursued it to the area of Parsons Avenue and E. Kossuth Street where a struggle between Artis and officers resulted in one officer firing his weapon, Weiner said.
Artis drove to the 800 block of Ann Street where Weiner says he abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.
Officers located the vehicle and followed a blood trail which led them to a home at 820 Ann Street where they found Artis inside with an apparent gunshot wound.
He was transported to Ohio Health Grant Medical Center where he is listed in stable condition.
He was charged with kidnapping and will be taken to jail upon his release from the hospital, Weiner said.
It is unknown if Artis’s injuries were from the original shooting incident or if they were sustained during the altercation with officers at Parsons Avenue and E. Kossuth Street, Weiner said.
The woman and a small child were not injured during the first shooting, where a gun was recovered, Weiner said.
Investigators from the Special Victims Bureau are investigating the initial shooting at Alum Creek and E. Livingston Avenue and BCI agents are investigating the shooting involving the officer and suspect, Weiner said.