Saturday, March 7, 2009

Titanic Weekend, Typical Waste

NBC 4: Around 5:00a.m. Saturday, an individual called 9-1-1 saying a man had walked up to him on Franklin Avenue and put a gun in his face. When Columbus Police Officers arrived, the individual gave a detailed description and said the man had walked towards Rhodes Avenue. According to Sgt. Rich Weiner, officers found the suspect, later identified as 30 year old Bernard L. Wright, in front of a house on the 1800 block of Oak Street. The officers attempted to take Mr. Wright into custody when he began a physical altercation with the two officers. During the fight, the officers saw that the suspect still had a gun. They disengaged from the suspect and both pulled their weapons. The suspect was shot in the torso by one of the officers. Mr. Wright was transported to Grant Medical Center in stable condition. One officer was treated and released at the scene for minor injuries to her hand as a result of the fight.

10 TV: Police said that two men were hospitalized on Saturday morning after they were involved in a drive-by shooting along Interstate 71. The shooting occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. Friday on the city's north side… Police said that the men who were injured drove to a nearby BP station on Morse Road and called for help. Witnesses said that their car was riddled with at least 11 bullet holes.

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