COLUMBUS, Ohio — Four teens charged in connection to a shooting in northwest Columbus that led to the death of an 18-year-old man last year are in custody, according to police.
The Columbus Division of Police filed murder and aggravated robbery charges against the suspects whose ages are 14, 15 and 17.
According to police, on Dec. 3, officers were sent to the 7500 block of Stone Lake Drive on a report of an injury accident. When officers arrived, they found Thomas Hritzo III unresponsive in his vehicle.
Hritzo was taken to a local hospital by medics in critical condition. A release from police says that when medical staff evaluated Hritzo's injuries, they found that he was suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was pronounced dead the next afternoon, according to police.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).