COLUMBUS – Authorities are investigating a shooting at a Halloween party at a West Side shopping center early Sunday that wounded a woman.
It was one of seven shooting incidents Saturday and Sunday that left a 21-year-old man dead, the 172nd homicide of the year in Columbus, and a 14-year-old injured.
A woman was shot in the leg at a Halloween party in the Great Western Shopping Center, at the intersection of Wilson Road and W. Broad Street on the Hilltop just before 1:00 a.m. Sunday, Sgt. Doug Jones of the Felony Assault Unit said.
Detectives found that invitation sent out via social media drew a crowd that was too large to manage and a disagreement between people attending the party led to the shooting.
The woman went to OhioHealth Doctors Hospital for treatment.
Anyone with information regarding the is asked to contact the Columbus Police Felony Assault Unit at 614-645-4141 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).
Officers responding to a reported shooting in the 3000 block of Rabbit Hill Lane at 6:35 p.m. Sunday found a man lying in the roadway, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, according to Sgt. David Shimberg of the Homicide Unit.
The man died later at the hospital.
Investigators are still uncertain as to what led to the shooting but Shimberg says authorities recovered video evidence from the scene and are talking with persons of interest.
UPDATE 11/19/21 9:34 a.m.: An arrest warrant was filed for Othman Abdu, 18, of Blacklick, who is accused of murder in the above incident.
This was the 172nd homicide of the year in Columbus.
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).
A 14-year-old boy told police he was walking through the Southpark Apartment Complex at 11:15 p.m. Saturday when he heard a single gunshot and ran to a friend’s apartment where police say he realized he had been shot in the left leg.
The teen’s father took him to a hospital where he remains in stable condition and is expected to survive, Jones said.
A 7-year-old boy was among those injured when someone opened fire on a car on S. James Road near the intersection with E/ Livingston Avenue at approximately 6:10 p.m. Sunday.
No one in the car was hit by gunfire but Sgt. James Jardine of the Felony Assault Unit says bullets shattered a rear window, injuring some of the passengers.
Anyone with additional information on these incidents is asked to contact the Assault Unit at 614-645-4141 or Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).