Monday, April 20, 2009

Crash, Robbery Restart Crime

NBC 4: A man was shot and crashed his pickup truck into a West Side yard late Monday morning. A woman called CPD after 11 a.m. Monday and reported a black Ford pickup truck or SUV was driven into her yard in the 100 block of Harris Avenue. She said her husband found the driver slumped in the seat and with a gunshot wound. Columbus police later identified the victim as 28-year-old Michael Dray. CPD said Dray was driving a family member’s vehicle and was stopped on Steele Avenue east of Hague Avenue. An unknown male was observed talking to Dray from outside the vehicle, CPD said. When the male allegedly shot Dray, he inadvertently accelerated the vehicle, striking a fence at 181 N. Harris Ave. then coming to rest after traveling through another fence at 178 N. Harris Ave. Dray was transported to Mount Carmel West Medical Center in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his head. He remained in the ICU Monday afternoon. Anyone with any information regarding this shooting is asked to call the homicide squad at 614-645-4730.

10 TV: Investigators said three men broke into a southwest side home early Monday and tied up a man who was inside. The men entered into the home on Westgrove Drive at about 3:30 a.m…. Police said they tied up the man who was inside the home and covered his eyes with duct tape. The robbers took several items from the home and also stole the victim's car… Police were searching for a 2000 red Mercury Cougar with Ohio license plate No. CQL-7433.

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