Tuesday police shooting 8th in Franklin County in 2024

Lina Portman1 week ago

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There have been eight shootings involving local law enforcement in Franklin County in 2024, seven of which were fatal.

The most recent occurred Tuesday afternoon on the city's Far East Side.

Stabbings allegedly preceded shots fired on Hoskins Way

Columbus police received several 911 calls around 2:55 p.m. Tuesday about a man stabbing people inside a home on the 300 block of Hoskins Way in Far East the city.

Sgt. James Fuqua said officers who went to the home confronted a man on the front porch who was holding a knife. The man ignored multiple commands from officers to drop the knife, Fuqua said, and one officer attempted to use a stun gun to subdue the man.

The stun gun missed, at which point at least one officer fired his weapon, Fuqua said. It is unclear whether the bullet struck the suspect, who has not been identified.

A stun gun was used a second time and successfully subdued the man, who was taken into custody and later transferred to a local hospital. Fuqua said the man's condition was stabilized at the hospital.

The man also appeared to have suffered a self-inflicted injury.

At least three other people were injured by stab wounds, including an elderly man, Fuqua said. All of these victims were transported to area hospitals in stable condition and are expected to survive.

Noel Hernandez was shot and killed by Columbus police officers after running towards them with a blade

Noel Hernandez, 35, was shot and killed by police around 11:15 p.m. on June 10. Officers were responding to a report of a person armed with a knife in the area of Georgesville Road and Clime Road when they found Hernandez standing in front of his SUV in the street with a “bladed weapon,” according to the Division of Police. Columbus.

Hernandez ignored commands in English and Spanish to drop the weapon, got into his vehicle and left, police said.

Hernandez was driving slowly and twice exited the vehicle with the knife in his hand. During his final stop at the intersection of Sullivant Avenue and Industrial Mile Road, five Columbus police officers exited patrol vehicles and approached him, body camera video shows.

Hernandez then approached the officers with the gun in his hand while waving his arms and continuing to ignore commands, the footage shows. Police said they fired a Taser twice. Hernández began running toward the officers and five of them shot at him, the department said. The footage shows he was struck several times in the torso.

It is unclear whether Hernández was suffering a mental health crisis or was using drugs at the time of the shooting. We also don't know what object he was holding in his hand. Authorities described it as a makeshift bladed weapon with a hooked end.

Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant said during a news conference that earlier in the day the department received a call from someone concerned that Hernandez was suffering from a blood condition. Mental Health. Officers made contact with Hernandez, but he told them he was fine and that officers had no reason to take further action, Bryant said.

Bryant also said the city's Rapid Response Unit, which pairs police and Columbus Public Health Department clinicians to respond to crises, was unavailable at the time of the shooting. Clinicians would not be called to the scene until the scene was safe, she added.

Rafael Warfield, 21, died after shooting during mental health call

Officers responded to the 6800 block of Georges Creek Drive after receiving a report of a man with a gun threatening to harm himself and those around him just after 4 a.m. on May 16, according to the Columbus Division of Police.

When officers arrived at the apartment complex on the Southeast Side near Gender Road, Warfield fired at least one shot, body camera footage shows. An officer armed with a rifle returned fire, firing eight to 10 times.

It's unclear whether Warfield shot the officers or himself from the video. Columbus police initially said Warfield died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but recanted after a police union official said it was unclear whether Warfield was died by shooting themselves or by shots fired by police officers.

Ali Hamsa Yusuf was shot dead by law enforcement following a shooting at an Amazon warehouse

Ali Hamsa Yusuf, 22, shot his supervisor twice around 4:20 p.m. on May 12 at an Amazon warehouse in West Jefferson, police said. Yusuf was a security guard intern at the facility, where he worked as a contractor. No one was injured, and Yusuf fled the scene in his vehicle.

Franklin Township law enforcement officers, Columbus police and undercover Madison County sheriff's deputies then surrounded Yusuf's vehicle at the intersection of Georgesville and Clime North roads on the West Side. in Columbus, around 6:15 a.m. He got out of the vehicle and shot the Columbus police officer behind him, hitting him in his body armor.

The officer was not seriously injured, Bryant said at a news conference. Yusuf ran to the back of his car and the officers fired, hitting and killing Yusuf.

Security footage from the Amazon warehouse shows Yusuf being shot over his supervisor's head from behind, execution-style, from about a meter away. Police said Yusuf's gun likely jammed and he missed. He was not believed to be armed and should have smuggled the weapon inside, police said.

Corey Roach shot and killed by Columbus police following domestic violence murder

On May 11, Columbus police officers responded to a call of domestic violence and shots fired in the 4700 block of McAllister Avenue on the city's East Side around 7:05 p.m. Officers immediately came under fire from a man armed with a rifle, later identified as Corey Roach, 50, police said.

The officers hid behind vehicles in a driveway and returned fire, body camera footage shows. After running across the street to another house, the officers returned to their original location. A resident told officers the man who shot them had been shot, and body camera footage showed Roach suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Medics transported Roach to Mount Carmel East Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:50 p.m.

Nicole Pleasant, 45, who police said lived with Roach at a residence in the 1000 block of Lockwood Road, was found shot there and pronounced dead at 7:18 p.m. by medics at the scene. Police say Roach shot her multiple times.

Santiago Elias Alfaro Munoz was shot after police say he took a gun

Whitehall Police Department officers were conducting a traffic stop when they heard gunshots around 2 a.m. April 19, police said. A minute later, the department's gunshot detection system also alerted them to a shooting.

Whitehall police said officers went to the parking lot of the Roses Discount store in the 4600 block of East Main Street near South Hamilton Road. They came across two vehicles, one of which was gone and a second silver Honda Pilot SUV. Officers checked on the two men inside.

Santiago Elias Alfaro Munoz, 36, was seated in the passenger seat and William Morales Villatoro, 36, was in the driver's seat. Both men told officers they had no drugs or weapons on them, but one of the officers noticed a handgun in the backseat, body camera footage showed.

The officers told the men to raise their hands. Villatoro complied and was removed from the vehicle and handcuffed. Munoz did not move until an officer opened the car door, when he walked to the back seat and quickly spun around toward the officer on the passenger side of the vehicle.

The two officers opened fire, killing Munoz. A gun was found next to him in the vehicle, according to court records.

Villatoro was charged with improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony.

Colin Jennings was shot after telling police to shoot him as he approached with a knife

Around 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 27, Columbus police responded to a call about a man experiencing a mental health crisis in the 500 block of North Nelson Road.

Colin Jennings, 26, walked toward officers holding a large knife, body camera footage shows. With the knife raised in his right hand, he could be heard in the footage saying “shoot me” and “I want to die.”

As Jennings continued to advance toward the officers, one officer fired his weapon three times and the other deployed a stun gun. All three shots struck Jennings, killing him.

At a news conference, Columbus police Sgt. Rich Brooks said the stun gun probably wasn't effective because a thick jacket Jennings was wearing prevented the tips of the stun gun from coming into contact with his skin.

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Stabbings allegedly preceded shots fired on Hoskins Way

Noel Hernandez was shot and killed by Columbus police officers after running towards them with a blade

Rafael Warfield, 21, died after shooting during mental health call

Ali Hamsa Yusuf was shot dead by law enforcement following a shooting at an Amazon warehouse

Corey Roach shot and killed by Columbus police following domestic violence murder

Santiago Elias Alfaro Munoz was shot after police say he took a gun

Colin Jennings was shot after telling police to shoot him as he approached with a knife

Lina Portman

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