across the city of Columbus.
Three separate shootings left te
people dead, and one incident ld
police to fire shots in the short north.
Thanks for joining us at 6:00.
O'clock. I'm Gabriella Garcia.
We'll begin with the shooting that left parts
of downtown blocked off for hours today.
Now at 2:40 this morning,
shots rang out on North High
Street in the short north.
Then moments later, more shots e
fired at another location nearb.
Police were quick to respond
and also fired their weapons.
The investigation shut down a
portion of downtown for hours.
10 TV has team coverage of this tonight.
Our Lindsay Mills was there early this
morning when we first got calls about
the shootings and Ashley born An
is live in the Short North right now.
Let's start with the details
about what happened.
Lindsay
2 shootings overnight in the
Short North, just moments apart.
Why is everybody walking
around with a weapon?
Police say the people heard in
these shootings are adults.
It's unknown how many people were hurt.
One gun has been recovered.
They also say multiple respondig
officers discharged their firea.
No officers were hurt. And
what I will tell you
is officers were here,
We had officers around.
They were working.
They were present.
Which is why they were able
to respond so quickly.
The Short North Alliance
executive director Betsy Pandor,
in a statement praised new safey
initiatives for the quick police response.
She said in part, quote as a ret
of the new precinct boundaries
that went into effect a week ag,
there was an on duty officer presence
and coverage in the Short North,
along with the Short North
Crime Interdiction Team,
who all quickly intervened.
Well, I live in the neighborhood and I
was just out for my walk this morning.
For neighbors like Jeff,
often camp going on, it's crazye
said. Says it's not enough.
I mean, it's out of control. They need that.
There's something needs to be changed
to make it safer in this
neighborhood at night for peopl.
And the impact goes beyond that.
Just ask Jerry Waldron who was n
town for his daughter's graduatn
from Ohio State on Sunday.
We're having a great time.
We got in early and obviously we
up this morning and see this all
cordoned off. And it's terrible.
As a parent of a student at OSU,
have you been concerned about the violence
and the shootings here in Colum?
Yeah, I think you're always
concerned as the parents,
whether they're in this violent.
You know if something like this
happens or just being out in general.
But yeah, it's it's concerning
because officers were involved.
Ohio BCI is investigating in the Short
North. Lindsay Mills, 10 TV news
Lindsay, thank you.
Police say one person tied to te
shooting was critically hurt.
There's no information on any
possible suspects just yet thou.
After all that chaos, overnight,
10 TV's and Ashley born Anson hs
spent the day in the Short North
talking to people Now about how
they're dealing with the afterm.
Ashley, how are people out
there feeling right now?
Gabriella, for the most part, spirits
are high right now in the Short North.
I'm along High Street right now
and there's hundreds of families
and community members enjoying e
restaurants, enjoying the bars.
I also spoke with a member of the Short
North Alliance team who said they went
ahead with this month's Gallery Hops.
You're also going to notice a number of
local artists on the scene right now,
enjoying and sharing their art a lot.
Also a lot of galleries that have opened,
but I also spoke with a number f
people who are visiting from ouf
town or who live along this strip and.
They tell me they are still unnerved by
the multiple shots that rung out last night.
Now even just walking along the strip,
I also saw a number of bullets that went
into local restaurants and businesses
with windows completely shatterd
and also see a number of glass.
Pieces along the sidewalk right
now and as you know,
many families are in from out of town
for the Ohio State University's ceremony
graduation ceremony this weeken,
and a number of parents tell me that they
are fearful for their children in this area.
I also spoke with a young man who lives
right behind me in the apartmen,
and when those shots rang out,
Gabriella a bullet went through
his apartment.
You're gonna hear more from him
coming up tonight at 11,
reporting live in the Short Nor.
I'm Ashley born Anson for 10 TV news.
Gabriella,
scary situation there.
Ashley, thank you so much.
Now, we took a quick look at our previous
coverage on crime in the Short North area.
You can see a few of the shootings and
homicides we've covered along N High St.
in the past year. Now,
one shooting happened just three months ago.
Three of the six you see on thip
happened in between June and July of 2022.
Now this is all happening just x
days into a new policy designedo
reduce crime Downtown Columbus y
Council voted to reduce hours fr
food cart vendors back in March.
Now new restrictions forcing vendors to shut
down at 2:30 AM went into effect on May 1st.
We've got new details tonight at
that deadly shooting in S Linde.
Now,
three hours ago police told us the suspect.
Is also dead.
Police say that man, Keith Plea,
shot four people early this
morning before shooting himself.
One of his victims died,
and Pleasant himself died a short time later.
The other three victims
are expected to survive,
and about an hour after that shooting,
another man was shot on East Whittier St.
in South Columbus.
Police say David Davis was in an argument
with someone who shot him in the stomach.
He died later at the hospital.
Police say they have information
on a potential suspect,
but they don't have anyone in custody yet.
The chief of police, Elaine Bry,
addressed this violence this morning.
Here's what she had to say
about it getting under control.
We need
to figure out, how do we get
control of this gun situation?
How do we get the guns out of the hands?
Why is everybody walking
around with a weapon?
Mayor Andrew Ginther also weighd
in on this issue this afternoon.
We're going to continue to
invest resources in prevention,
intervention and enforcement.
What happened last night is
unacceptable and everybody in
Columbus needs to step up.
We all need to step up and do m,
Ginther says. The recent changes
to patrol zones help police resd
to these crises faster last nig.
They can track crime happening across
Columbus and in your neighborhood Online.
You can just head to tentv.com/e
Tracker 10 to look at our interactive
crime map we've got there.