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A Columbus man critically wounded in a March shooting has died from his injuries, police said. Donald Anderson, 63, was shot in the neck and chest on March 17 at a gas station in the area of East Livingston Avenue and Beechwood Road. Columbus police say a man had exited the driver's side of a gray Honda CR-V and opened fire upon Anderson, hitting him multiple times. Anderson was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. Though he was later upgraded to serious condition, police say his wounds proved fatal when he was pronounced dead at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Raphael R. Calhoun, 36, of th...

Columbus homicide detectives are investigating after one person was shot and killed Wednesday night on the Near East Side. Police were called at 9:04 p.m. to the area of East Livingston Avenue at South Nelson Road on the report of a shooting, according to dispatchers. One victim was found when police arrived and was pronounced dead at 9:10 p.m. at the scene. No other information was immediately available. elagatta@dispatch.com

Max Filby, courtesy The Columbus Dispatch On the new episode of Prognosis Ohio, part of the WCBE Podcast Experience, host Dan Skinner talks with Max Filby, health and medicine reporter at The Columbus Dispatch. Topics include recent developments with vaccination supply and demand, a recent ebola scare, and lessons learned from the pandemic, both for reporting and for public health in Ohio. Since joining the Dispatch in Fall 2019, Filby has covered the evolution of the pandemic, including Gov. DeWine’s press conferences and daily, ever-changing COVID dashboards. Before joining the Dispatch ...

The man, whose identity has not been released, was found by a resident who had approached his vehicle to ask him to leave the area.

Columbus police are investigating after a 2-year-old was shot Thursday afternoon at a home on the Northeast Side.  Police and medics responded at 3:50 p.m. Thursday to the 2500 block of Wallcrest Boulevard. The child had been placed in a vehicle and was leaving for the hospital when they came across the medics, who transported the child to Nationwide Children's Hospital. The child was in critical condition. No additional information about the incident has been released. The shooting was the second Thursday involving a young child.  Columbus police responded to a separate report from an uns...