One person is dead after a shooting Saturday morning on Columbus’ northwest side.
Police responded to a report of a shooting at 12:22 a.m. in the 6000 block of O’Sweeney Lane, where they say officers found Kiara Nelson, 18, suffering from a gunshot wound.
Doctors took Nelson to Riverside Methodist Hospital, where she died at 1:51 am. Nelson was in an apartment when a dispute broke out between two other people, police said. She tried to intervene and was fatally injured when a gun went off.
Authorities ask anyone with information about the shooting to contact Detective Earl Westfall at 614-645-4221 or EWestfall@ColumbusPolice.org or submit an anonymous tip to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477 .
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This article originally appeared in The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus O’Sweeney Lane shooting: Woman, 18, killed trying to intervene
