COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man is dead and another is injured following a shooting on the Near East Side of Columbus Friday afternoon, according to the Columbus Division of Police.
Officers were called to the 900 block of Mount Vernon Avenue on a reported shooting in the King-Lincoln Bronzeville neighborhood around 1:30 p.m. Two victims were found one block north in the 1000 block of Atcheson Street.
One of the shooting victims, 28-year-old Javon Tucker, was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition where he later died.
The other person, a 31-year-old man, was also transported to Grant in what was described by police as "stable" condition after being grazed in the shooting. He is expected to survive.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the shooting and working to identify suspects.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.
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