Columbus police identify man fatally shot early Tuesday on Northeast Side

Bailey Gallion, Columbus Dispatch
Updated ·1 min read
Columbus police have identified a man who died early Tuesday morning after he was found shot on the sidewalk outside an apartment building on the city's Northeast Side.
Columbus police have identified a man who died early Tuesday morning after he was found shot on the sidewalk outside an apartment building on the city's Northeast Side.

Columbus police have identified a man killed in an early morning shooting Tuesday on the Northeast Side.

Anthony Cato, 38, was found about 1:55 a.m. with a gunshot wound lying on the sidewalk outside Arlington Park Apartments in the 2600 block of Divot Place by officers responding to a reported shooting, police said.

Cato was transported in critical condition to a local hospital, where he died at 5:18 a.m., police said.

Officers detained and interviewed two persons of interest at the scene, according to police, who released no further information about them.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Columbus police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730, or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477 (TIPS).

bagallion@gannett.com

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus police identify man fatally shot Tuesday on Northeast Side