Domestic Decline Disturbing

Whenever we run crime stories like this, inevitable e-mails follow asking why the fact that the crimes are domestic was omitted… The answer is simple… Domestic or not… A crime is a crime… And even if “domestic” were a valid excuse for crime(and it’s not), doesn’t the thought of one loved one assaulting or murdering another loved one scare you?

NBC 4: Specific details are still developing, but a shooting occurred at a home in the 400 block of West Rich Street at about 4:45 p.m... According to initial reports, a woman called police and said that someone knocked on the door of a home where she and her boyfriend live. When her boyfriend answered the door, she said, someone shot him. The victim was taken to Mt. Carmel Hospital West in critical condition. He has been identified by police as Douglas T. Shirley, 21.

NBC 4: A Columbus father was arrested and charged after CPD said his story wasn’t consistent with his baby daughter’s injuries. CPD said Christopher Ulmer, 20, made a 911 call close to noon Thursday. Ulmer said a baby was burned in a bathtub. When CPD and CFD medics arrived on the 1200 block of North Fourth Street, they discovered the victim with severe burns to her body, according to a police report. She was transported to Nationwide Children’s Hospital and admitted to the burn unit. Ulmer was the only adult home at the time of the incident, CPD said. A police report said the story Ulmer provided was not consistent with the baby’s injuries. He was arrested and charged with a third-degree felony of endangering children.