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Police: Man found shot in car on Route 161 near I-270

The man was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.

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.

Credit: 10TV/WBNS

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.

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