FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio — A man was found shot in a vehicle on state Route 161 near Interstate 270 early Friday morning.
According to the Blendon Township Police Department, officers were called around 2:10 a.m. for a report of a man who was shot on Route 161, west of Sunbury Road.
Arriving officers found a car pulled off to the side of the road and they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.
The man was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.
Blendon Township Police Chief John Bedford said he believes the man was shot by someone else in a moving vehicle. No other details leading up to the shooting were available.
The ramp from Route 161 to I-270 north and south was closed but has since reopened.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is assisting Blendon Township police in the investigation.
No information about a possible suspect was provided.