COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Friday evening shooting in Columbus has left one person in critical condition.
Officers went around 5:22 p.m. to the 500 block of Cline Street, located in the Karns Park neighborhood, on a report of a shooting. Columbus Division of Police dispatchers told NBC4 that emergency crews took one person, a juvenile, to Grant Medical Center.
Dispatchers told NBC4 that the victim was in critical condition, but is expected to survive their injuries. Police arrested 18-year-old Tyrek McClain and charged him with felonious assault. He is currently in custody at the Franklin County Jail.
Photos taken around 6:20 p.m. at the scene showed Columbus police cruisers parked in the middle of the neighborhood street, with crime scene tape roping off the road, surrounding sidewalks and some homes’ front yards.
Police are asking that anyone with additional information regarding this incident to contact Columbus Police Felony Assault Detective Shotwell #2379 at 614-645-4141 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).