COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A man has died after being shot during an apparent home invasion on the east side of Columbus early Wednesday morning.
Columbus police said that at 12:54 a.m., officers responded to reports of a robbery and shooting in the 1200 block of Elderwood Avenue in Beechwood. There, they found Shermon Lindsey Jr., 46, suffering from a gunshot wound. Medical crews pronounced Lindsey dead at the scene at 1:07 a.m.
The Columbus Division of Police said there were two possible suspects and three other victims besides Lindsey. Before leaving the scene, the pair attacked one other adult victim, who emergency responders later took to a local hospital for treatment. The other two victims, another adult and a juvenile, weren’t hurt.
The robbery suspects shot Lindsey during a home invasion, according to CPD. Police did not say if the robbery was a targeted incident.
Investigators did not have any suspect information as of Wednesday. In a second shooting on the city’s east side also had police investigating a shooting on East Livingston Avenue around 2 a.m.