COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus police are investigating a fatal shooting on the city’s northeast side early Sunday morning.

Police say officers were dispatched to the 2600 block of Divot Place just before 3:00 a.m.

Officers at the scene found a male on the street with a gunshot wound. Mifflin Township medics transported the victim to Grant Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 3:24 a.m., according to police.

The victim was later identified as 22-year-old Kavyne Cooper.

This is the 9th homicide in Columbus in 2022.

No further information is known at this time.