COLUMBUS – Columbus police have named three suspects, including two 17-year-olds, in the final homicide case of the record-setting year of 2021, the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy on the East Side on New Year’s Eve.
Warrants have been filed for Oscar Soriana, 19, and Christopher and Christian Pedraza-Helber, both 17, in connection with the death of Tyshawn Dickerson, Sgt. Davied Shimberg of the Columbus police Homicide Unit said.
All three are charged with tampering with evidence and Soriano is facing the additional charge of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, Shimberg said.
UPDATE 2/16/22 9:19 a.m.: Police report that Christopher Pedraza-Helber and Christian Pedraza-Helber turned themselves in on Feb. 15.
On the morning of Dec. 31, 2021, officers found 15-year-old Tyshawn Dickerson unresponsive and suffering from a gunshot wound in the area of Ashburton Road and Mayfair Park Place. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Columbus paramedics, the 204th homicide of the year.
Woman clinging to life after stabbing
Police fear a woman who was stabbed during a fight in North Linden Monday may not survive.
Latoya Rogers will reportedly be arraigned Tuesday morning on a charge of felonious assault after stabbing of the 46-year-old woman multiple times in the 3000 Block of Hiawatha Street just before 2:00 Monday afternoon, Shimberg said.
The victim, whose name was not released to prevent retaliation or revictimization, was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Shimberg said.
The initial investigation indicated that Rogers, 38, and some other people confronted the victim when a large fight broke out and Rogers allegedly stabbed the woman during the altercation.
This incident is still under investigation, Shimberg said.