COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Homicide detectives are investigating Monday after finding a body in a Columbus alleyway.
Around noon, officers got a report of a body found between Meek Avenue and Jones Avenue in Franklinton. The Columbus Division of Police said when they got there, the officers found a man with a gunshot wound. Medics arrived and pronounced him dead at 12:10 p.m.
Columbus police had not released the victim’s name as of Monday evening, as they were contacting his next of kin.
CPD confirmed its homicide unit was investigating the case, and asked anyone with information to call its detectives at 614-645-4730.