Columbus police identify 24-year-old man killed in reported burglary on Far West Side
Columbus police have identified a man who died early Monday during a reported burglary on the Far West Side, but have not yet identified a second man found dead at the address of the suspect in the first incident.
Police said Monday night that 24-year-old Jacob Stratton was mortally wounded during a reported burglary incident Monday morning.
At 4:41 a.m. Monday, Columbus police were called to a townhome on the 5700 block of Belmore Drive off Hilliard Rome Road on a report of a burglary in progress.
According to police, officers found a 29-year-old male suspect fighting with 24-year-old Jacob Stratton, who had been shot, and a 53-year-old-woman police identified only by the initials A.S., who had been stabbed.
On Tuesday, Columbus police said they now do not believe anyone was shot during the incident based on information that was determined during autopsies.
Stratton was taken to OhioHealth Doctors Hospital, where he died at 5:21 a.m. The woman was treated and released from a local hospital.
Police detained the 29-year-old male suspect, who was treated at a local hospital for injuries he sustained before officers arrived. Police did not identify the suspect and the police report does not say that he was arrested.
A search warrant was later executed at the suspect's address, where they found a 25-year-old man who had been killed. He had not been identified by police as of Tuesday afternoon.
The suspect's residence is next door to the home where Stratton was wounded.
Stratton had attended high school in Hilliard and college at Bowling Green State University.
Columbus police investigating after woman found dead on Far West Side
Detectives are also investigating after a woman was found unresponsive on Sullivant Avenue on the Far West Side.
Columbus police said they got a call about an unresponsive female about 5:25 p.m. Monday on the 4700 block of Sullivant Avenue. The woman, who has not yet been identified, was found with an "unknown injury" and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have not released any information about the woman's cause of death but are calling her death a homicide.
Five homicides occurred within a 48-hour period in the city, according to information released by Columbus police, which included a 50-year-old man who was stabbed to death on the South Side Saturday night, a 27-year-old man who was found shot in a parking lot on the Far South Side on Sunday morning and the three deaths reported on Monday.
Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to call Columbus police homicide at 614-645-4730, or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).
Dispatch reporters Bethany Bruner and Taijuan Moorman contributed to this report.
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus police ID man killed during Far West Side burglary
