COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Division of Police has identified the victim who was fatally shot near a gas station on the city's southeast side Saturday evening as a 28-year-old man.
Officers were called to a business in the 2600 block of Noe-Bixby Road around 6:50 p.m. on reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they found a man, later identified as Michael Simmons, suffering from a gunshot wound.
Simmons was transported to Mount Carmel East Hospital where he was pronounced dead just after 7:20 p.m.
Police did not provide additional information about a suspect or what led up to the shooting.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).
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