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.
Updated: 2:14 PM EDT May 24, 2021
The mayor, along with Interim Police Chief Michael Woods and Deputy Chief Tim Becker with the Columbus Division of Police, held a press conference Monday to provide an update on the shooting.
You can watch the briefing below:
Deputy Chief Woods said dispatchers started receiving calls Saturday night around 10 p.m. regarding noise complaints at the park.
Police described the gathering as a pop-up party that was not sanctioned by the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department.
By 10:39 p.m., more calls complained of a larger crowd and there was some kind of a disturbance, but no information regarding violence or assaults.
April 28, 2021
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(COLUMBUS, Ohio) The attorney for the family of Ma’Khia Bryant said in a press conference Wednesday that they will be calling for federal investigations into the April 20 killing of the 16-year-old girl.
Attorney Michelle Martin of The Martin Law Firm said she will be fighting to see a Health and Human Services investigation into Ohio’s foster care system, which Bryant was a part of. She is also calling for an investigation from the Department of Justice into the shooting.
“We are here, and we’re going to investigate every agency that had a time and an opportunity to prevent Ma’Khia’s death,” Martin said. “We will push for those investigations beyond this shooting. All systems failed her.”
Ma Khia Bryant s family demands answers, investigations into teenager s death
Ma Khia Bryant’s family attorney speaks out on teenager’s death
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