COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man is dead following a shooting in north Columbus Thursday evening, police said.
Officers with the Columbus Division of Police were called on a report of a shooting in the 1000 block of Fordham Road, located just south of Morse Road, shortly before 9 p.m. They found 37-year-old Dennis Peoples III shot in front of a house.
Police said Peoples was transported to Riverside Methodist Hospital in critical condition. He was later pronounced dead at 9:31 p.m.
Details on what led to the shooting were not available, but police said on Friday that investigators are looking into a claim of self-defense.
Case information will be presented to the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office for review and grand jury examination, according to police.