But detectives are asking anyone with information about these or other homicides to call them at (614) 645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477).īattle's death is Columbus' 140th homicide of 2022, which is 65 fewer deaths or nearly 32% lower than the record 205 homicides the city recorded in 2021. Once again, detectives provided the public with no further information about the incident, including any possible suspects. Responding officers found 19-year-old Ja'Bez Battle, whom records show lived in an apartment in that area until at least the first quarter of 2022, suffering from a gunshot wound.īattle was transported to Mount Carmel East Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11 p.m., detectives said. Saturday, police received a report of a shooting in the area of the 4000 block of Refugee Road between South Hamilton and Courtwright roads near the former Eastland Mall. No further information about the girl's death has been released by detectives, including whether there are any suspects in her death. Columbus Fire medics pronounced Prater dead at the scene. Police said Prater had an apparent gunshot wound. Unique Prater, 15, was identified Sunday by detectives as the teenage girl who was found Saturday afternoon by police called to the 1200 Block of Atcheson Street in the Mount Vernon neighborhood on a report of a deceased female. Around the same time a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial was read Tuesday, a Columbus police officer shot and killed a teenage girl who swung at two people with a knife. Columbus police homicide detectives are investigating two fatal New Year's Eve shootings - including one that claimed the life of a teenage girl - that pushed to 140 the unofficial total of homicides in the city in 2022.
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