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Police: 15-year-old dead after shooting in Columbus' Mount Vernon neighborhood

The Columbus Division of Police said the shooting happened just after 6 p.m. in the area of Atcheson Street and North Ohio Avenue.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 15-year-old boy is dead after a shooting in Columbus' Mount Vernon neighborhood on Friday.

The Columbus Division of Police said the shooting happened just after 6 p.m. in the area of Atcheson Street and North Ohio Avenue.

The teen, identified as Dereon Draper-Robinson, was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition where he later died. Columbus police's homicide unit is now investigating.

Information about a possible suspect was not immediately available.

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