Columbus Police

A 19-year-old has turned himself in to Columbus police. After this weekend's mass shooting, the Short North Civic Association is ready for change.

Police said they first tried to use a Taser on 35-year-old Noel Hernandez. Callers told police late Monday night that a man was threatening people with a knife.

A Franklin County jury has decided not to indict two Columbus police officers in the August 2023 shooting death of Austin Huntzinger.

From 2022 to 2023, the Columbus City Attorney’s Office more than doubled the number of felony domestic violence cases it referred to the county prosecutor’s office.

The Muskingum County sheriff said his office arrests many people from Columbus for drug trafficking. The county's jail registry shows most of the people arrested for dealing drugs are from Zanesville.

The first shooting happened Saturday evening on the city's East Side. On Sunday, officers responded to a scene on Georgesville and Clime roads on just before 6:00 p.m.

A federal indictment says officer Nicholas P. Duty deactivated or removed his body camera during two encounters with women.

A coroner’s report released Thursday said Columbus police shot Colin Jennings, 26, three times outside Creekside Place Apartments on Feb. 22.

Police say they were unable to locate the child's parents following a brief search of nearby businesses.

The Community Housing Network said it will provide addresses to Columbus police for places that may require an emergency response from the city's alternative crisis response teams.