Two 17-year-olds have been arrested in Columbus, following a shooting that led to the death of another teenager, 17-year-old Ariyaun Burton. The incident, which unfolded in the early hours of May 4, found Burton and another man suffering from gunshot wounds on the 900 block of East Lincoln Avenue, reported NBC4i. The victims sought help at a nearby Sheetz on East Dublin-Granville Road, where a Lyft driver, caught in the crossfire, phoned 911 for help.
Upon their arrival, police officers encountered a grave scenario, an area cordoned with the grim tape of investigation, a teenager rushed to Riverside Methodist Hospital only to be pronounced dead at 4:38 a.m., while the other victim survived his injuries. Both juvenile suspects, a male and a female, are now facing charges of murder and felonious assault. The male was apprehended in Trotwood, Ohio, and the female by Columbus SWAT officers, according to details from a WBNS article.
As this tragedy of youth pitted against youth unfolds, further investigation into the events of that fateful morning remains ongoing. Detectives assert, after piecing together the evidence strewn across that urban canvas, that the shooting occurred in the 900 block of East Lincoln Avenue, as noted by FOX28. The community now reels, grappling with a reality that has snatched away one of its young while the heavy hand of the law moves to weigh on the shoulders of two others barely at the cusp of adulthood.
