Man killed by officers in St. Ann's ER fatally shot a man two days earlier, police say

Columbus police announced Tuesday that a man who died in an exchange of gunfire with officers in the emergency room of a Westerville hospital last year had killed someone with the same gun two days earlier.

Miles Jackson, 27, was formally identified by homicide detectives as the gunman responsible for the April 10, 2021, shooting death of 47-year-old Ticardo Williams inside his North Linden area home.

Jackson was killed on April 12, 2021, in a shootout with Columbus police and hospital security inside the emergency room at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s hospital in Westerville, where he had been getting treatment a second time after being found unresponsive, the last incident in the parking lot of a Chase bank branch.

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Last week, a Franklin County grand jury determined the officers involved in the shooting should not face criminal charges for Jackson's death.

The investigation found Jackson had fired at least three rounds from a weapon he had in his pants pocket that was not found by Westerville police when they took him to the emergency room.

When Columbus police started patting Jackson down to take him into custody on outstanding arrest warrants, Jackson fired the gun, and one of the shots went through the uniform sleeve of an officer.

One of the Westerville officers involved in that pat down, Eric Everhart, was suspended for three days in December 2021 following an internal investigation into the initial search and whether proper procedures were followed, Westerville police said.

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Police tried for nearly five minutes and gave more than 90 commands for Jackson to put down his weapon. An officer tried using a stun gun to attempt to resolve the situation. However, Jackson fired again, and officers returned fire. , Jackson was struck 20 times, according to his autopsy report.

On Tuesday, Columbus police said the handgun Jackson had at the hospital was tested and was found to be the same gun used in Williams’ homicide.

Sgt. Terry McConnell said there were signs of forced entry at Williams' home and evidence of a struggle inside. Police were aware of Jackson as a suspect in the homicide and informed the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, which handled the investigation of Jackson's shooting.

Police said DNA found on Williams’ cane, located at the scene, as well as an inside doorknob at Williams’ home on the 2800 block of Cleveland Avenue, matched Jackson.

McConnell said police waited to announce Jackson's link to Williams' homicide until after BCI had concluded their investigation and presentation to the grand jury to avoid any appearance of attempting to influence the grand jury's decision.

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Police: Man killed in St. Ann's ER shootout killed a man days earlier