Man, 19, charged with murder in fight outside Waffle House near Ohio State campus

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A 19-year-old has been issued an arrest warrant and faces a murder charge in connection to a fight outside a restaurant near Ohio State University early Monday morning.

Franklin County Municipal court documents state that Jaquan Curry was identified as the suspect in Monday’s shooting outside a Waffle House restaurant on North High Street in the University District. The shooting occurred at around 2:30 a.m. outside the business where a fight between 15 and 20 people concluded with the death of 38-year-old Ronald Diggs.

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Court records state that Curry has been issued an arrest warrant and has been charged with murder. A witness at the scene identified him as the suspect with court records stating Curry reportedly punched a man before pulling out a gun and shooting Diggs.

In Dec. 2022, he was charged with using weapons while intoxicated, per court records.

Diggs was found on the sidewalk shot in the chest in front of Midway bar and restaurant, a couple of buildings north on North High St. across from the Ohio Union on campus. Diggs was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead at 3:06 a.m. Two other people were injured during the fight and treated at a local hospital.

The deadly shooting is the second of its kind at this location over a span of 53 weeks, when Deijon Bedgood was killed after a fight broke out between two groups of people. Raymond Ladd and Shemar Franklin were arrested for Bedgood’s murder and are still awaiting trial.

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