Columbus police have arrested a man believed to be responsible for the shooting death of a South Linden man on Saturday.
Anthony Butts, 30, of South Linden, died at 11:18 p.m. Saturday after being shot on the 1000 block of East 18th Avenue about 10 minutes earlier.
A second person, later identified as 22-year-old Anthony Wilkes, of the Far East Side, was found wounded inside a vehicle at the corner of 17th and Cleveland Avenues. He was taken to an area hospital in critical condition.
Detectives later charged Wilkes with murder in connection with Butts death, according to Franklin County Municipal Court records.
Columbus police file arrest warrant for suspect in Northeast Side apartment shooting
Columbus homicide detectives are asking for the public s help in finding a 23-year-old man accused of killing one man and wounding another in a shooting outside a Northeast Side apartment complex.
Nasear Smith, 23, of South Linden, has been charged with murder in Franklin County Municipal Court in connection with the shooting death early Monday morning of 21-year-old Derek Hoston, of the Northeast Side.
Police were called to the 1700 block of Kenmore Avenue around 12:35 a.m. on a report of a shooting. Officers stopped a car leaving the area and found a 23-year-old man inside with a gunshot wound.