Three Crimes, Three Victims, One Death, One Rape, and One Suspect

Numbers twenty-seven and twenty-eight underscore the continued danger in the city’s east and southeast sides… The third story is the suspect in last night’s Belcher Drive shooting…

10 TV: A man was found shot to death Monday night in an apartment on the near east side. Police said the man was discovered around 9 p.m. by his roommate at the apartment at 1160 Oak St... The shooting is being investigated as a homicide, and police said the victim may have shot in the course of a robbery.

10 TV: At least five men broke into the apartment on Shore Boulevard, located north of Interstate 270 in southeast Columbus, at about 1:30 a.m… Investigators said the woman inside may have been sexually assaulted. She was transported to the hospital. There was no immediate word on her condition.

10 TV: Police identified a man on Monday whom they suspect shot and killed a woman over the weekend while she was on the phone with emergency dispatchers. The shooting occurred Sunday afternoon at an apartment on Belcher Drive, located on the city's southeast side.... On Monday afternoon, police announced that murder charges had been filed against Tyrone Scales in connection with the ... Court records revealed that Scales, 22, pleaded guilty to gun charges about two years ago. Anyone with information about Scales' whereabouts was asked to contact Columbus police.