COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Columbus man pleaded guilty in court Monday in a Franklinton shooting last year that left one woman dead and another injured.
According to the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office, 31-year-old Erich Barbee pleaded guilty to aggravated murder with a firearm specification and attempted murder with a violent career criminal specification.
He was immediately sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years. He will be required to register under the Violent Offender Database.
On March 16, 2023, officers were called to a home on Rodgers Avenue in Franklinton on a report of a shooting.
Tyack's office said Barbee went into a 30-year-old woman's home and shot 44-year-old Marissa Saultz in the back of the head. He then shot the 30-year-old woman in the forehead.
Saultz was pronounced dead at the scene. The other woman recovered from her injuries.
