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The 25-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting on the 2900 block of Indianola Drive around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday.

Police: Domestic violence accounts for about 10% of Columbus homicides Columbus has seen a total of 114 homicides this year. At this time last year, there were 70. Author: Lacey Crisp Updated: 7:27 PM EDT July 21, 2021 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus police said while they don't know the motive in all cases, but about 10% of homicide cases this year are domestic violence-related. Tuesday night, police said William Roberts shot and killed his 1-year-old daughter in north Columbus along with the child's mother. Bryant said a domestic situation inside of the home led ...

Ginther: Security cameras weren't working in Bicentennial Park at time of mass shooting Bethany Bruner and Allison Ward, The Columbus Dispatch © Barbara J. Perenic/The Columbus Dispatch Crime scene tape surrounds Bicentennial Park in downtown Columbus on Sunday morning, May 23, 2021, as Columbus police investigate a shooting late Saturday night that killed one and injured several others. The small yellow cones all over the stage and surrounding grass areas mark bullet casings and other evidence. In an impassioned plea for the violence to end in Columbus, Mayor Andrew J. Gin...

In an impassioned plea for the violence to end in Columbus, Mayor Andrew J. Ginther said Monday that the city and the police department can't raise people's children. The statements came two days after 16-year-old Olivia Kurtz was killed and five other teens were wounded in a shooting around 11:50 p.m. Saturday during an unauthorized DJ party at Bicentennial Park along the Scioto River. "Put the guns down," Ginther urged at the press conference outside City Hall, less than a mile from the still active crime scene.  Olivia Kurtz was an honor roll student who studied Japanese Minutes before Gi...