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Police: Suspect charged with murder in South Linden shooting turns himself in

X’Zavier Hergins-Turns, 18, has been charged with murder in the death of 21-year-old Jerry Campbell III.
Credit: Columbus Division of Police

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Division of Police said a man wanted in the fatal shooting of a man in the South Linden neighborhood in October has turned himself in.

X’Zavier Hergins-Turns, 18, is charged with murder in the death of 21-year-old Jerry Campbell III.

Officers were dispatched to the area of East 19th and Gladstone Avenues on the evening of Oct. 30 for a reported shooting.

Officers found Campbell shot inside a car. He was taken to Grant Medical Center where he died.

A witness told police that a man fired shots into the vehicle and left the scene on foot. Police said an altercation happened before the shooting.

After Campbell was shot, police said he and another person drove to Gladstone Avenue and pulled over to contact medics.

Police announced on Wednesday an arrest warrant was filed for Hergins Turns and he turned himself in on Friday. He is currently in the Franklin County jail.

Campbell's death is the 120th homicide of the year in Columbus.

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