COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man died after he was shot and crashed his vehicle in south Columbus on Saturday.
Medics responded to a call around 7:15 a.m. about a man who crashed into a telephone pole on Southard Drive, just west of Parsons Avenue.
The 911 caller said the man was slumped over the steering wheel.
Medics took the man, 59-year-old Mohammad Shalash, to Grant Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.
The Franklin County Coroner's Office ruled Shalash's death is a homicide.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Columbus police at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers 614-461-8477.
This is the 150th homicide in 2020.
