A person was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition after a shooting Tuesday night in Columbus's Hilltop neighborhood, the fourth reported shooting to hit the area in recent weeks. Columbus police officers responded to the unit block of North Burgess Avenue at approximately 7:40 p.m., according to a police dispatcher.
Officers Called to North Burgess Avenue
The victim was taken to a hospital and remained in critical condition, according to NBC4 WCMH-TV, which first reported the shooting Tuesday night. No further details on the circumstances of the shooting were immediately available.
The Burgess Avenue shooting is the latest in a series of gun violence incidents that have struck the Hilltop this year. Earlier this year, one person was hospitalized in unstable condition after being shot in the Hilltop, with police flagged down on South Hague Avenue not far from West High School, the station's report noted. A separate shooting on Haldy Avenue in the Hilltop left one person in critical condition, with police saying that incident happened just before midnight, per the same account from myfox28columbus.com.
Pattern of Shootings Across Southwest Columbus
The Hilltop sits within Columbus's broader southwest side, which has seen several other shootings this year. An early-morning shooting sent two people to the hospital in stable condition after officers were called around 6:30 a.m. to the 1400 block of Belvoir Boulevard, according to ABC6 On Your Side, which reported that police had not announced any suspects at the time. A shooting near the Scioto Townhomes complex on the 700 block of Canoby Place proved fatal, leaving 15-year-old Deniro Arnold dead and a 19-year-old hospitalized in critical condition, NBC4 WCMH-TV reported separately.
Not every recent shooting in Columbus has gone unsolved. On September 17, patrol officers responded around 12:15 p.m. to the 2700 block of East 5th Avenue and found a 24-year-old man with a gunshot wound who remained in critical condition, according to ABC6 On Your Side. Police later identified 30-year-old Clifton Deshawn Battle Jr. as the suspect, filing felonious-assault and weapons-possession charges before arresting him without incident, the outlet reported.
City Expands Nonfatal-Shooting Team to West Side
The wave of shootings comes as city leaders move to bolster investigative resources on the West Side. Columbus police and city leaders are expanding a specialized nonfatal-shooting investigation team into Zone Three on the West Side, according to cwcolumbus.com, with the new team expected to be in place by the end of September.
The West Side has recorded 94 shooting incidents this year with a clearance rate of about 26%, cwcolumbus.com reported. By comparison, the same specialized team's clearance rate in South Linden reached 88% this year, versus a 45% solve rate citywide, and the unit filed 500 additional charges last year, including attempted murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping charges, according to the outlet.
Citywide Violence Trending Down Overall
Despite the string of Hilltop-area shootings, broader crime data suggests violence has eased slightly across Columbus this year. Police have investigated 35 homicides so far in 2026, down from 40 at the same point in 2025, according to myfox28columbus.com. The station also reported 389 felonious-assault cases this year compared with 400 at the same point last year, a category that includes shootings, stabbings and other violence.
No suspect information or motive has been released in connection with Tuesday night's Burgess Avenue shooting. Hoodline will update this story as more information becomes available.
