COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot early Friday morning in the southwest side of Columbus.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 5500 block of Aviator Avenue in the Westland area at 12:47 a.m. Police confirmed that a 16-year-old boy was shot in the torso area and transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
The boy, who was shot in one area of the Bolton Estates Apartments, was found in a different area after he ran for help. Police said he was in surgery, but no update was available as of 5:30 a.m. Friday.
It was the second shooting within hours of each other in which a teenager was critically injured from a shooting. Earlier Thursday afternoon a 13-year-old boy was shot in the Eastland area. He was pronounced dead early Friday morning.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Columbus Police Felony Assault Unit at (614) 645-4141 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477).
