FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio — Authorities are searching for a teenage boy accused of fatally shooting a man in a Home Depot parking lot in west Franklin County last week.
According to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called just before 9 p.m. on Aug. 23. to the Home Depot store located at 100 South Grener Ave. off of West Broad Street for a report of a shooting.
A man, identified as 20-year-old Javier Roberto Ventura-Sanchez, was found with a gunshot wound to his upper chest. Medics took him to Doctors Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:45 p.m.
Investigators discovered that Ventura-Sanchez and a friend went to the parking lot to meet with a 17-year-old boy following a previous argument.
During the meeting, the sheriff's office said the teenager shot Ventura-Sanchez before leaving the scene. He has been charged with aggravated murder, according to the sheriff's office.
The sheriff's office says the teen is still on the run.
Anyone with any information about this shooting is asked to contact the sheriff's office at 614-525-3351. Tips can be made anonymously.
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