Road rage driver faces murder charge after Columbus teen dies from fatal gunshot
A teenage boy died Tuesday at a United Dairy Farmers store in a road rage shooting on the city's Southwest Side, according to Columbus police.
Police received a report at 8:11 p.m. of a shooting at the UDF store at 3535 Clime Road near Demorest Road, according to city police 911 dispatchers. Responding officers found the teen, identified by police as Gage Anderson, 17, suffering from a gunshot wound and unresponsive.
Medics took Anderson to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, Downtown, where he was pronounced dead at 8:40 p.m., according to police dispatchers.
Police took Skyler Burley, 30, into custody following a chase that ended in the 3800 block of Lynward Road, just over a mile away from the shooting, police said.
Officers said Burley and Anderson did not know each other and the shooting stemmed from a road rage dispute. Burley was charged with murder and booked into the Franklin County jail.
Witnesses described a vehicle leaving the scene, and a police helicopter crew identified it. Officers stopped it near the intersection of Lynward Road and Maurine Drive.
According to court records, Burley was charged with aggravated menacing in November 2018. The charges were dismissed at the prosecutor’s request. Aggravated menacing is a first degree misdemeanor in Ohio in which the defendant alleges to cause someone serious physical harm.
Details of the previous arrest were not immediately available.
Anyone with information on the shooting can contact Detective Stevens at 614-645-3750, the homicide unit at 614-645-4730, or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Teenager killed in road rage incident at Southwest Columbus UDF store
