Police shooting on South Side leaves 1 critically injured
A man is in critical condition following a shooting at a South Side restaurant that involved Columbus police early Thursday morning.
The shooting occurred at Tee Jaye's Country Place, 1385 Parsons Ave., when police responded to an alert from the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system around 5:15 a.m., according to Deputy Chief Smith Weir. Officers arrived on the scene and found an armed man outside the restaurant, which was believed to be closed at the time, he said.
Smith said there were several moments of confrontation and the man, who has not been identified, fired additional shots. Shots were allegedly fired at officers, and one officer returned fire, Smith said. The man was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in critical condition. No officers were injured.
Jeff Simpson, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Capitol City Lodge #9, said it's unknown at this time if the man was firing his weapon at anything in particular originally."When you have someone with a firearm, we're going to do everything we can to keep the community safe," he [email protected]
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