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Police: 17-year-old charged with murder in southwest Columbus shooting

Police said officers were called to the 800 block of Brookside Court around 2:45 p.m. on Feb. 1.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 17-year-old boy has been charged and arrested in the fatal shooting of a man in southwest Columbus earlier this month.

Police said officers were called to the 800 block of Brookside Court around 2:45 p.m. on Feb. 1.

Arriving officers found 20-year-old Musa Aliyow suffering from a gunshot wound in the 700 block of Countrybrook Drive East.

Aliyow was taken to an area hospital and died early Thursday morning, according to police.

Columbus police said 17-year-old Mohamed Abdi was identified as the suspect in the shooting and was arrested on an unrelated incident on Wednesday. He has been charged with murder and is in custody at the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center, police say.

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