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Police: Suspect admits to fatally shooting 21-year-old man at Wedgewood Apartments

Police said Hassan Jeylani Abdalla was called to the radio and wanted to turn himself in. He is charged with murder.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man is facing charges after Columbus police said he admitted to shooting and killing a 21-year-old man at Wedgewood Apartments Sunday night.

Patrol officers with the Columbus Division of Police were called to the 700 block of Wedgewood Drive just before 9:50 p.m. for a reported shooting.

Arriving officers found the victim, who police identified as 21-year-old Said Abdi Arbo, inside the residence suffering from a gunshot wound. Arbo was pronounced dead at 9:57 p.m.

Police said the suspect, 20-year-old Hassan Jeylani Abdalla, called the radio room and advised he was on Briggs Road and wanted to turn himself in. Abdalla was later apprehended and charged with murder.

Abdalla is scheduled to appear in Franklin County Municipal Court on Tuesday. 

Anyone with information is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).

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