One dead after University District shooting near state fairgrounds Saturday night

One person is dead, and another remains in critical condition after a shooting on Saturday night in Columbus' University District near the Ohio State fairgrounds.

Columbus Police Officers were dispatched to the 400 block of East 13th Avenue shortly before 9 p.m., where they discovered a man suffering from gunshot wounds. They then discovered a second gunshot victim on East 14th Avenue.

Both victims were transported to a local hospital in critical condition.

The man found on East 14th Avenue died at the hospital at 1:55 a.m. on Sunday. Columbus Division of Police said they are withholding the victim's identity until they notify his next of kin.

Investigators are attempting to determine the circumstances that led up to this incident, and encourage anyone with more information to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at (614) 645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477).

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