CRIME & SAFETY
Workers discover body of woman who was fatally shot on Columbus' Southeast Side
Columbus police homicide detectives are investigating after workers discovered a woman's body Thursday afternoon on Columbus' Southeast Side. Police responded Thursday afternoon to a report of a woman's body discovered by workers in the area of Noe-Bixby Road and Carbondale Drive. Columbus Division of Fire medics pronounced the woman dead at the scene at 2:18 p.m. ...
Former Ohio State football player suspect in 9 Columbus-area bank robberies
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Ohio State football player arrested for allegedly robbing a north Columbus bank is a suspect in multiple other bank robberies. Franklin County Municipal Court documents say 25-year-old Marcus Williamson entered the First Merchant's Bank located at 5090 N. High St. on April 24. Williamson...
Community working with police as search continues for suspect connected to death of 13-year-old in North Linden
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's been a little more than a week since Columbus police found 13-year-old Angel Diaz shot and killed in North Linden. The community continues to work with police to help get the family answers and justice as they search for a suspect. Tuesday night, members of...
Man arrested in south Columbus bus stop killing
View a previous report in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A man arrested police believe killed another man at a south Columbus bus stop in late March faced a judge Thursday. Columbus police arrested 35-year-old Joshua Hunt on Wednesday for the death of 61-year-old Dwayne Dowdell. Dowdell died after he was found […]
New video provides insight into corrections officers' accidental shooting death
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — ABC 6 received new video of the moments right after state corrections officer Rodney Osborne lost his life in a training accident. The images given to ABC 6 from investigators with the Ohio State Highway Patrol show troopers on the scene outside the correctional training facility in Orient.
Columbus man sentenced for 2022 shooting death of his 2-month-old baby's mother
A Columbus man who prosecutors allege fatally shot his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his 2-month-old daughter, leaving the infant alone with her body for an hour, could possibly spend the rest of his life in prison. Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Jeff Brown sentenced 33-year-old Dallas Lowery on Thursday...
Police release photos of aggravated robbery suspect from east Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Columbus police released surveillance photos of a man suspected of aggravated robbery in east Columbus. The robbery allegedly took place in the 1000 block of East Main Street just before 9 p.m. on Sunday, according to the statement from Columbus police. ALSO | Authorities investigating...
Hilltop police chase ends in Downtown Columbus crash
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One person was arrested and hospitalized after a high-speed chase ended in a crash on a Columbus interstate early Friday morning. Columbus police said that at 1:08 a.m. officers attempted a traffic stop after spotting a “possible suspect car” at the intersection of Sullivant Avenue and Whitethorne Avenue in the Hilltop. […]
Detectives searching for men suspected in Columbus deadly shooting
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Columbus police are searching for two suspects who may have been involved in a deadly shooting that led to a crash in late February. Officers found Shandar Weaver fatally wounded inside a car that crashed into a building in the 3000 block of E. Main St. in the early morning hours of Feb. 28.
Video shows officers arresting man at OSU encampment, two others also arrested
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A man was arrested at an encampment on the Ohio State campus assembled by pro-Palestine sympathizers on Thursday. Students started setting up the encampment at 4 a.m. Video shows police officers leading a man, later identified as 25-year-old Curtis Peace, away from the group. ABC...
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