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Man killed following shooting near Columbus Square Bowling Palace

A man was killed following a shooting in the parking lot near the Columbus Square Bowling Palace on Friday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man was killed following a shooting in the parking lot near the Columbus Square Bowling Palace on Friday. 

Columbus police responded to reports of the shooting just after 2 p.m. in the parking lot of 5707 Forest Hills Boulevard near State Route 161 and Cleveland Avenue. 

According to police, the 29-year-old man was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital in critical condition, where he later died. His name has not been released at this time.

Witnesses told police there were two Black males that pulled up in a Gold Ford Explorer, opened fire and drove off.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call Columbus Police Homicide Unit at (614) 645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477).  

This is the 76th homicide in Columbus this year.

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