Updated: 6:12 PM EDT May 3, 2021
PATASKALA, Ohio A 16-year-old girl has died after she was shot in the head on Thursday, according to Pataskala police.
Police said officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 4700 block of Summit Road on April 29 around 11 p.m.
When officers arrived, they learned the girl was driven to Mount Carmel East hospital by 18-year-old Shawn Jones Jr., of Columbus according to Licking County Common Pleas Court records.
Court records state Jones admitted to shooting the girl in the back of the head and throwing the gun out of the vehicle s window on the way to the hospital.