Prosecutor highlights National Crime Victims Rights Week
Eric Hoffman
In commemoration of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), April 18–24, 2021, the Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office wants to raise awareness about crime victims’ issues and rights and introduce the community to the important resources and services available. The faces of crime victims are those of our family, friends, neighbors, and community members. According to the most recent National Crime Victimization Survey from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1.2 million people were victims of violent crime excluding simple assault in 2019, a significant decrease from the year before. Now is the time to redouble our efforts so that victimization continues to decline.
Anthony Deshawn Truss Jr., 21, is wanted on a felony charge of assault filed with the Delaware County Prosecutor s Office.
Columbus police listed Truss last known address as being on Antwerp Street on the East Side. But Franklin County Municipal Court records from a traffic stop involving Truss last September indicate that he lived in apartment complex off Taylor Road on Tributary Lane in Reynoldsburg.
Truss is described by police as a Black male who is 5 9, weighing 140 pounds.
Truss and a second man whose identity remains unknown are suspected of engaging in a shootout last Wednesday at Polaris that forced the evacuation and closure of the mall. Police said the shooting, which was reported around 12:30 p.m., stemmed from a domestic dispute involving both young men.
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Tragedy struck an Ohio family last week when a father accidentally shot and killed his son while out hunting, officials said.
Bradley Smith, 63, fatally shot his son, Andrew AJ Smith, 28, on Dec. 2., Delaware County Sheriff s Office spokesperson Tracy Whited confirms to PEOPLE, calling the incident the worst kind of tragedy. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Whited says the father was with a group of friends hunting white-tailed deer during Ohio s annual deer gun-hunting week when AJ arrived at the location, and Bradley mistook him for a deer and shot him.