A Columbus police officer shot and injured a teenage male Tuesday afternoon whereas responding to a report of individuals with weapons at a fuel station on town’s East Facet.
The capturing occurred after police had been dispatched at 4:22 p.m. to a Marathon fuel station at 3377 East Livingston Ave. at Barnett Street, stated Watch Commander Lt. Larry Yates. Police had been referred to as to the world in response to a 911 name about photographs fired within the space and folks with weapons seen close to the fuel station.
The suspects fled the scene when police arrived, resulting in a foot chase east on East Livingston Avenue, Yates stated.
One male suspect reduce north on a driveway between space companies, the place a Columbus police officer responding to the scene fired and struck him as soon as, Yates stated. Officers rendered help on the scene to the injured particular person, who was transported to OhioHealth Grant Medical Heart in secure situation, stated Columbus police spokesman Sgt. Joe Albert.
Preliminary police studies had been that the one who was shot was an grownup male. In a ready media launch Tuesday night time, police recognized the particular person as a 17-year-old boy.
The discharge additionally indicated that the teenager was shot within the decrease physique and sustained accidents that weren’t life-threatening.
No different accidents had been reported.
A gun was discovered on the scene the place the teenager was shot, police stated.
Police can not say whether or not {the teenager} exchanged gunfire with the officer, although Yates stated that is as a result of the Columbus Division of Police isn’t in a position to interview the officer concerned.
The Ohio Bureau of Prison Investigation will interview the officer as a part of its investigation into the capturing and the circumstances that led to it, which is customary process anytime a Columbus Division of Police officer discharges a weapon.
Columbus police detectives are additionally investigating the unique report of photographs being fired within the space, in accordance with the information launch, a sign that legal costs could also be filed in opposition to the teenager.
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