An Ohio State University student has been hospitalized after an early morning shooting incident near the campus yesterday. According to the Dayton 247 Now, the shooting occurred before 2:30 a.m. on the 200 block of Chittenden Avenue. Columbus Police are investigating after the student was found with a gunshot wound and was taken to an area hospital in serious condition. The authorities have indicated that the incident seemed to involve a chase between two vehicles, with one firing at the other and inadvertently striking the victim.

Columbus police, according to WBNS, responded to reports of the shooting just after 2:20 a.m. and found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is currently caring for the student, who was described as stable by a dispatcher from the city's public safety department. Details surrounding the circumstances of the chase and subsequent shooting remain unclear as the incident is still under active investigation.

The university community was notified of the incident when Ohio State University Police posted to social media that a student was involved in a shooting early yesterday morning. However, they did not specify a location in their communications. Investigators are appealing to the public for assistance and are asking anyone with information to contact Columbus Police Det. Reffitt at (614) 645-4323 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477).

Witness accounts have contributed to a sad understanding of the incident. "I walked outside and saw a disturbance; a guy pulled up with a car, there was two people arguing with him," OSU student Quinn Gillilan recounted in an ABC6 interview. "Things got crazy and I guess he just pulled out a gun and started shooting. It was insane." Gillilan's experience underlines the shock such violence has sown within a neighborhood populated mainly by students, a place where he and many others usually feel safe.