COLUMBUS – Columbus police have arrested a 16-year-old girl they say shot another teen to death during a fight at a West Side condominium complex Monday night.
This article has been edited to reflect that suspects have been arrested in two homicides.
Officers were called to 1815 Ridgebury Drive on a report of a shooting at 7:38 p.m. found 17-year-old Jayce O’Neal suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, according to Sgt. James Marable of the Homicide Unit.
She was transported by Perry Township paramedics to Doctor’s West Hospital in critical condition and died there at 8:30 p.m. She is the 107th homicide victim of 2021 in Columbus and police spokesperson Sgt. James Fuqua says O’Neal is the city’s seventh homicide victim between the ages of 13 and 17 this year.
Detectives determined that O’Neal was fighting with another girl when the second girl, a 16-year-old, produced a handgun and shot O’Neal in the head, fatally wounding her, Marable said.
Following the shooting, the younger girl fled the scene in a green 2010 Toyota Corolla, (OH lic.# JHG-9071), pictured above.
Detectives have filed an arrest warrant charging the girl with murder.
Anyone who knows her whereabouts or the location of the vehicle is asked to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).
Homicide victim identified
Meanwhile, police have identified the victim of the city’s 106th homicide of 2021 as Ashley Ann Sweeney, 33, whose body was found in an alley behind an address in the 500 block of Terrace Avenue Sunday morning, Sgt. Eric Pilya said.
Suspect arrested in May slaying
Police arrested a suspect in the May 20 shooting death of a 26-year-old man on the East Side.
Kyson Murphy was charged with murder and aggravated robbery for his role in the death of Courtney Bruce, who was shot in the 3700 block of Dort Place while riding in a car with a 25-year-old woman, police said.
Murphy was in the Franklin County Jail on an unrelated charge when detectives filed the charges Tuesday.