Police close Short North area following early-morning shootings
Columbus police are investigating three overnight shootings, including one in the city's Short North that injured multiple people and involved multiple officers.
High Street, from First Avenue to Goodale Street, the popular nightspot just north of the Greater Columbus Convention Center, remained shut down to vehicle and pedestrian traffic Saturday morning.Multiple people were injured in two shootings about 2:30 a.m. in the 600 block of High Street. Police haven't provided a precise number of victims but said one person is in critical condition. No officers were injured. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is overseeing the investigation.
Less than an hour later, five people were shot in the 1400 block of St. Clair Avenue. One person died, and the suspect was taken to a hospital in critical condition with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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