COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man is dead after he was reportedly shot in a north Columbus neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
Officers with the Columbus Division of Police were called around 2:30 a.m. 5700 block of Beechcroft Road, just south of East Dublin Granville Road, on a report of a shooting.
The victim, who police identified as 32-year-old Madan Thapa, was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2:58 a.m.
Police arrested 25-year-old Lok Nath Acharya and charged him with a count of reckless homicide. He was booked at the Franklin County Jail.
Investigators learned that Acharya was alerted by a friend to a handgun in the bathroom of the Beechcroft Newstand on East Dublin Granville Road, according to Franklin County Municipal Court records.
Archaya entered the store, removed the handgun without alerting employees and took it with him when he got into a truck driven by Thapa.
Court records say Acharya began manipulating the firearm while the vehicle was moving when he accidentally discharged the weapon.
Thapa was struck in the torso, causing the vehicle to crash.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Columbus police at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.