On June 23, 2023, ten people were shot and injured in a
mass shooting
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in the
Short North district of
Columbus, Ohio
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. The shooting was the third in a series of attacks that had occurred across the city in a single weekend, all of which ended with several victims. The shooting resulted in the implementation of "Operation Moonlight", an effort by the city of Columbus to combat mass shootings in downtown public areas.
Shooting
At 2:30 AM EDT, a 20-year old man and another unidentified person rode on a motorcycle up North High Street, in the Short North Business District. The driver stopped at an intersection in the center of the district and began to fire upon pedestrians and other bystanders with a pistol, and 8 people were injured as a result of the gunfire. Several officers with the
Columbus Division of Police, who were breaking up a fight between multiple people, ran to the site of the shooting and fired upon the shooter, and 1 other person was injured as a result. One of the suspects was shot, but another stepped off the motorcycle, entered a white
Honda Civic
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and drove off.
As the suspect fled the scene in the Honda Civic with another man, they engaged in a police chase and were chased through Interstate 670, where the vehicle reached a maximum speed of . The car eventually was lost by police, and the occupants drove off to an unknown location.
Aftermath
Investigation
On June 27, the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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issued a notice that offered a reward of $10,000 (2023 USD) for information that led to the arrest of the motorcycle driver. A short time after the shooting, the man who drove the Honda Civic turned himself in, and was identified as DeAngelo Fuller. He was charged with obstructing official business with the risk of physical harm, because he is believed to have never fired a weapon into the crowd.
Victims
All of the victims of the shooting were males between 16 and 27 years old. Nine people were injured to varying, non-severe degrees, and one person was marked as being in critical condition.
See also
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Columbus nightclub shooting
On December 8, 2004, four people were murdered and three others were wounded in a mass shooting at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The main target of the attack was "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, who was on stage perform ...
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List of mass shootings in the United States in 2023
This is a list of mass shootings that took place in the United States in 2023. Mass shootings are incidents in which several people are victims of firearm-related violence, specifically for the purposes of this article, a total of four or more v ...
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