Columbus Police continue investigating Saturday’s shooting at Bicentennial Park that left a 16-year-old girl dead and five other teenagers and young adults wounded.
“We know Columbus is not the only city seeing an increasing spike in violent crime,” Mayor Andrew Ginther said at a briefing Monday. “Far too often these tragedies involve youth as both victims and assailants.”
The Columbus shooting took place just hours before three people were killed and three others were wounded outside a bar in Youngstown, in northeast Ohio. Officials say the Columbus shooting was the city’s 77th homicide of the year.
The incident began after police received reports of a private event promoted on social media that was being held in Bicentennial Park on Saturday night.