The deaths of two men in separate shootings Saturday on the Northeast Side of Columbus brings the city to 74 homicides this year, outpacing last year s record year by more than two months.
In 2020, Columbus deadliest year on record with 174 homicides, it wasn t until July 26th that the 74th homicide was recorded.
Around 10 p.m. Saturday, a man died from a gunshot wound he had sustained in a shooting reported around 3:25 p.m. in the Whispering Oaks apartments near Fenton Street.
Columbus police officers who responded to that shooting in the 4200 block of Dresden Street found Elliot Raspberry, 51, with a gunshot wound. Raspberry was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died several hours later.