A shooting at a Bexley apartment complex left one person seriously injured early Sunday morning, and city officials say a suspect is already in custody. Bexley Mayor Michael C. Price confirmed the injured victim was rushed to a Columbus hospital after police responded to a report of gunfire near East Livingston Avenue.
According to 10TV, Bexley police were called to an apartment complex in the 900 block of Mayfield Place near East Livingston Avenue after receiving a report of a shooting. Officers arrived to find one person seriously injured, and that victim was transported to Riverside Methodist Hospital, per Mayor Price.
Suspect Taken Into Custody, No Threat Seen
Mayor Price said one suspect is already in custody in connection with the shooting. He added that there is no known motive at this time and that there is no ongoing threat to the community, according to the same 10TV report.
Police have not released details about the identities of either the victim or the suspect, nor have they disclosed the exact time of the shooting or how the confrontation unfolded. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Bexley police at 614-559-4444.
A Pattern of Scrutiny at Bexley Apartment Complexes
This is not the first time a Bexley apartment property has drawn attention from city officials over violence and police activity. A report from the Dispatch detailed concerns among city leaders after more than 100 police calls to Community Housing Network apartments in Bexley coincided with a separate fatal shooting that worried officials about safety at the properties.
Other incidents have also put Bexley's apartment communities in the spotlight. 10TV previously reported that a Georgia man was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in Bexley, while a separate account cited by Yahoo News described a 24-year-old man being shot outside a Bexley apartment complex on a Sunday afternoon. Those cases remain distinct from Sunday's shooting, and no connection between them has been established.
Apartment-site violence has also been a broader concern in Columbus: By June 6, 2024, about 26% of the city’s 43 homicides that year had occurred at apartment complexes, compared with about 16% in 2023, a pattern highlighted in a Dispatch analysis of homicide locations. Those citywide figures provide context, but do not establish any connection between those cases and the Bexley shooting.
The Bexley Police Department has described its annual reporting process as part of a broader commitment to community policing and transparency, according to the City of Bexley. For now, officials say the investigation into Sunday's shooting continues, with the suspect in custody and no further danger believed to be posed to residents.
Bexley logged 21,853 police calls for service in 2025, a citywide total listed in the city’s annual report. The figure offers a broader measure of police workload, not a count of shootings or incidents at apartment properties. The city also publishes a separate police annual report as part of its stated commitment to transparency in reporting.
