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Columbus police are investigating after three people were shot Tuesday night in Franklinton, the latest incident of gun violence in the city. Police were called to the 100 block of South Princeton Avenue around 9:15 p.m. on a report of a shooting. Two suspects with gunshot wounds were found near each other, and a blood trail led police to a gunshot victim about a half block away.  The 19-year-old victim sustained gunshot wounds to his upper arm and side and was in stable condition at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, police said. The two wounded suspects, Cervontece Woolfork, 19...

It’s happened with such regularity that by now the reaction seems routine: police shoot and kill a Black person, and protesters gather in the streets of Columbus.  Twice in April, protests formed within hours of the news that police had first shot and killed 27-year-old Miles Jackson on April 12 at Mount Carmel St. Ann's medical center after he fired a gun in the emergency department, and then again when a Columbus officer shot 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant on April 20 in response to Bryant wielding a knife against a young woman. But while the responses to fatal police shootings are...

One motorcyclist was killed and another motorcyclist was injured after they crashed into a pickup truck with a trailer that turned across the lane in front of them Monday afternoon near Obetz, the Franklin County Sheriff's office reported. The two motorcyclists — one driving a Harley Davidson and the other driving a Honda —  were riding south on Alum Creek Drive about 2:45 p.m. when the driver of a 2013 Ford F-550 pickup with a trailer attached attempted to make a left turn from Rathmell Road into the northbound lane of Alum Creek, deputies said.  The motorcyclists crashed into the...

Cheyenne Wagner's senior year at Ohio State University wasn't quite what she imagined it would be. Since the start of the academic year, Wagner and thousands of her fellow students have been on a roller coaster as the university transitioned through the spring to a mix of in-person and online courses. As the COVID-19 pandemic lingered on, the university canceled fall and spring breaks as it implemented a variety of health measures for students and staff members, including regular testing and mandated face masks. It came as a pleasant surprise to Wagner, 22, when she learned in March that �...

The bodies of two male victims who had been shot to death were found by Columbus police Sunday morning inside a Franklinton home.  Police had initially responded around 8:45 a.m. to the 400 block of Glenwood Avenue on a report of a person attempting to break into a residence. When they arrived at the scene, they apprehended a man attempting to enter the rear of the residence who told police that his cousin was dead inside.  Officers went inside and found two men with gunshot wounds, who were pronounced dead at the scene. The man who had been trying to break into the residence had also been ...