Columbus logs its 100th homicide of 2016


Associated Press

COLUMBUS

Police in Ohio’s capital are investigating their 100th homicide case of the year.

Columbus police say they were called Saturday night about a 19-year-old man who was taken privately to a hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. They say the man died soon afterward.

He has been identified as Shai-Kee Shikary Ray Allen. Police said early Sunday they had no suspects and weren’t aware of a motive.

The Columbus Dispatch reports this is the most homicides in the city since 2010, when there were 105.