Man's body found in Alum Creek Thursday is second in two days in area waterways
For the second time in two days, Columbus police are investigating after a man's body was found Thursday afternoon in an area waterway along a public trail.
Detectives also released information about two homicides as the city has reached 130 for 2022.
Around 12:50 p.m. Thursday, police were called to the Alum Creek Trail after it was reported that there was a body in Alum Creek off the trail. The body was found under the Alum Creek bridge off Ohio 161 near Strawberry Farms Boulevard on the city's Northeast Side.
Police have not released any additional information, including whether the man's death is being investigated as a homicide.
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The discovery came about 27 hours after the body of 51-year-old Robert Marsh III was found in a pond along the Camp Chase Trail at Wilson Road Park on the city's West Side.
Marsh's body was found around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday by a person walking in the area.
Police determined Marsh was killed in an altercation with 46-year-old John Ferry, who is listed in court records as living on the "streets of Columbus."
As of mid-afternoon Friday, Ferry was not yet in custody.
Police identify man found shot in South Linden yard
Columbus police on Friday identified Anthony L. Elmore, 31, of North Linden as the man who was found shot Tuesday in a South Linden yard.
Police had received a ShotSpotter alert from the 1100 block of East 16th Avenue around 7:35 p.m. Tuesday and when officers responded to the scene, witnesses told them a home on the 1600 block of Cleveland Avenue had been struck by gunfire.
Elmore was found shot in the yard of a home near where the ShotSpotter alert originated. Another home appeared to have been struck by more than two dozens bullets.
Elmore was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:45 p.m., detectives said. No suspects or motives have been identified in the shooting.
According to court records, Elmore was previously charged as a member of the Short North Posse in a 2010 case that resulted in 19 members of the gang facing criminal prosecution.
Man killed in Thanksgiving Day shooting at Hilltop home
A 42-year-old man died Thursday afternoon after being shot at a Hilltop home.
The victim, whom Columbus police did not identify by name, was shot around 4:45 p.m. Thursday at a home on the 900 block of South Roys Avenue, city homicide detectives said.
The victim died at the scene. Police have not released any information about possible suspects in the case.
The shooting was the city's 130th homicide in 2022. At this point in 2021 — the deadliest year in the city's history — there had been 178 homicides.
Anyone with information is asked to call Columbus police at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS.
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