COLUMBUS, Ohio — A second man was arrested months after a 13-year-old boy was found dead in an alley in Columbus.
Dock Parker, 21, was charged with murder in the shooting death of Angel Diaz in April. He was arrested on Thursday.
On April 14, officers were called to Medina Avenue and East Hudson Street in North Linden after receiving a ShotSpotter alert from the area. Police did not find anything in the area at the time.
Nearly two hours later, officers were called to East Hudson Street after receiving a report of a dead body. They found Diaz’s body with a gunshot wound in an alley. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A Ford Escape was seen leaving the scene after the shooting happened. Franklin County Municipal Court records say that detectives determined that the SUV was driven by Jaivon Jones. A witness told police that they saw gunshots coming from the vehicle.
Detectives found and contacted Jones who admitted to being the driver of the vehicle when shots were fired. Court records say he denied that the shot came from his SUV.
Court records state that Parker was inside the vehicle after detectives received cellphone location data from search warrants of an unrelated arrest.
Court records also state he was posing with another man who had a handgun with a "switch" on it. Detectives said the gunshot recording on ShotSpotter was consistent with what a "switch" sounded like.
Jones was arrested in June and also charged with murder. He is being held in the Franklin County jail on a $1.5 million bond.