Deadly, Hopeful Start to 2009

This is another bad news, good news… The bad news, 2009 begins as 2008 ended… The good news, after only a 44% murder clearance rate last year, Columbus Police are off to an improved start…

10 TV: A man who was found shot on the city's east side has died, police said Saturday. The man was found lying on Forest Street shortly before noon. He was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition. Police said the man was pronounced dead a short time later... Homicide detectives were investigating the shooting.

10 TV: Police said a woman faces charges in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred early Saturday morning on the city's northeast side. The case is the city's first homicide of 2009, police said. According to police, officers were called to a home on Dawnlight Avenue after receiving reports of a shooting. After arriving at the scene, police said they found Kiana Davis with a gunshot wound to the head. Davis was pronounced dead a short time later. Cindy L. Crump, 47, was later arrested and charged in connection with Davis' slaying, police said. Investigators said there was a dispute and Davis was shot.