COLUMBUS – A woman died after being shot at a downtown bar early Thursday.
Officers dispatched to the area E. Main Street between S. 3rd and S. 4th streets on a shooting at 1:41 a.m. found Teaira Harris lying in the parking lot at the rear of the Pelican Room Lounge, 122 E. Main Street, with a gunshot wound, Sgt. David Shimberg of the Homicide Unit said.
Harris, 26, was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in critical and was pronounced dead at 4:21 a.m.
Officers detained Darren Dempsey, 43, and several witnesses who had remained at the scene.
Initial statements indicated that Harris pulled a gun during one of a number of small fights that had broken out and pointed it at several people, including Dempsey, who fired his weapon in self-defense, Shimberg said.
No charges had been filed early Thursday and Shimberg says the results of the investigation will be turned over to the Franklin County Prosecutor for grand jury review and determination.
This was the 85th homicide of the year in Columbus.
A 20-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of another man on the Northeast Side last month, Sgt. James Marable said.
John Drummond charged in connection with the death of Elliott Raspberry, who died after being shot at an address in the 4286 Dresden Street on May 15.