A teenage boy's life was tragically cut short following a shooting in Columbus' North Linden area. NBC4i reports that the incident occurred just after midnight today, with officers responding to a 911 call about a male youth who had been shot near the intersection of East Weber Road and Hewey Road. The victim, a boy believed to have fallen somewhere between 15 and 17 years of age, was discovered on the sidewalk and rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Details on the shooting are still emerging; the engagement, which witnesses said to have been a result of an altercation with three other males, and while three suspects have been detained, no arrests had been made by early this morning, according to WBNS. Police have yet to release any further suspect information or report of other injuries connected to the event. Authorities call for anyone with details to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit.
The identity of the teenage victim was unconfirmed as of the initial reports, with efforts ongoing by the Columbus police to establish who he was. In a statement obtained by The Columbus Dispatch, Sgt. Joe Albert mentioned that the boy, found with at least one gunshot wound, was unarmed at the scene of the clashes. The sequence of events, as described by onlookers, paints a tragic tableau of a verbal dispute escalating into violence that robbed the teen of his future.
