A 54-year-old Columbus woman will serve five years of community control instead of prison after pleading guilty to shooting a person on the city's southwest side in 2024, a case that began with a critically wounded victim found on Galli Court and ended with most of the original charges against her dropped.
Regina Hambric pleaded guilty on Aug. 25 to felonious assault, according to court records cited by NBC4 WCMH-TV. In exchange for the plea, the other three charges against her were dropped. Hambric had originally been indicted on attempted murder, felonious assault, domestic violence and receiving stolen property, the station reported.
Under the terms of her sentence, Hambric avoids prison as long as she abides by the conditions of her community control. If she violates those terms, the same court records state she will serve 8 1/2 years behind bars.
The Shooting on Galli Court
The case traces back to April 30, 2024, when officers were dispatched just before 4 p.m. to the 600 block of Galli Court, south of the Lincoln Park West area, per the same report. Officers arriving at the scene discovered one person with a gunshot wound.
The victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition and survived their injuries, the outlet noted. An earlier account from ABC6 identified the hospital as Grant Medical Center, where the victim was also described as critically injured immediately after the shooting.
Domestic Violence Considered a Possible Motive
At the time of the shooting, ABC6 reported that domestic violence was being considered as a possible motive in the investigation, which was being handled by the Columbus Police Homicide Unit. That detail came before Hambric's eventual indictment, which did include a domestic violence charge alongside attempted murder, felonious assault and receiving stolen property.
That domestic violence charge, along with the attempted murder and receiving stolen property counts, was dropped once Hambric entered her guilty plea to felonious assault. Court records reviewed by the station confirm that the plea and the five-year community control sentence are now part of the formal case record.
