COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that happened in a parked vehicle in northeast Columbus Thursday evening.
A preliminary ruling from the Franklin County Coroner’s Office revealed the manner of death for a man and woman shot and killed as a murder-suicide.
Officers with the Columbus Division of Police received a call of a shooting in the 5300 block of Valley Lane East in Columbus' Northern Woods neighborhood around 6:15 p.m. When they arrived, they found 23-year-old Ali Dirir and 22-year-old Asia Mussa who were reportedly shot outside.
Mussa’s death was listed as a homicide while Dirir’s was a suicide.
A police investigation revealed that Mussa and Dirir were seated in a parked vehicle when Dirir allegedly shot Mussa. He then turned the weapon on himself, according to police.
Both were taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Mussa was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital. Dirir was pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m.
The circumstances around the shooting remain under investigation.
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