Police find unoccupied vehicle linked to earlier shooting, Columbus OH
Police pursued a white 2016 Ford Focus suspected in a prior shooting through Columbus. Officers tracked the vehicle north on 4th Street using surveillance cameras. The car was eventually located unoccupied near East 9th Avenue and North 5th Street.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Zone 4 Far Northwest
04:54
Transcript:
00:00
I doubt choppers up, but that 41[1] just went northbound on the 4th, trying to find it now.
00:06
It just hit off the plot camera at 4th and 5th, and I'm right at 4th and 11th right now.
00:12
It hasn't passed me.
00:14
Copy. And if we can get more cars over in that area, 4th and 5th.
00:19
It's a good 21 per channel 5, so we'll chase it, we'll be behind it.
00:24
Copy. Three or four, we're at North Forth and Eastonkins.
00:29
Copy.
00:31
We are not going to use spike strips on it because it was,
00:35
they get fired the weapon off and maybe up a 53, so no-stop sticks, but we can chase it if we...
00:41
it doesn't stop.
00:43
Copy.
00:45
Chopper to 4, chopper to 4.
00:47
4.8, you can add it.
00:49
Copy.
00:51
2040, same marks.
00:52
Let me get a tag, make a model, please.
00:54
Radio, can you help me on that? I'll dive it.
00:57
Attack.
00:58
King John David, (number withheld).
01:02
Okay,
01:03
John. King David John, (number withheld).
01:06
Copy.
01:11
It's a white 2016 Ford Focus.
01:14
It's got a sticker on the back that says Bob from the dealership.
01:18
It's a back driver-side bumper.
01:22
Earlier pictures, it looked like it had the left tail light on the river was duct tape and grey duct tape on it.
01:30
Copy.
01:31
44. Um,
01:32
clear, good one.
01:33
You can have me.
01:35
Copy. Copy.
01:40
Three-two guys.
01:41
Copy.
01:44
Crime center, my chance to listen to this.
01:49
Crime Center are you up?
01:52
Crime Center, are you up?
01:56
Crime Center to 4.
02:02
Yes, there,
02:03
East 4th and North 5th.
02:05
Center is down 4?
02:09
If they're at north, sorry, east fourth and north fifth street, looking for that vehicle hit on flock.
02:18
It was a good 41[1].
02:20
King, David John, (number withheld).
02:26
Copy, we're looking.
02:32
Can we attach the incident number of 41[1] or the run, please?
02:36
I copy.
02:41
Where was the 41[1] app?
02:49
One on Channel 5, that was the 33[2] run that they were had robbery spawned on and everything.
02:54
Okay, I'm trying to find it.
03:00
The answer the number is going to be (number withheld).
03:08
Thank you.
03:12
If someone by it, the computer that's at a desk, can they start looking at Flock and just update it to see if it hits any of these other cameras?
03:25
I'll part just take a look.
03:30
Crime Center, we're checking the plot.
03:39
Go ahead.
03:43
See the address to the 5-7-1.
03:46
Copy.
03:52
171 171
03:58
171 We'll be out at 16A at the Volontagia River and Bethel and cleared out code 2 please Copy
04:05
2015 we call on the car It's going to be on 9th just west of 5th Copy me car starts that way 9th just west of 5th
04:19
Fears to be unoccupied.
04:25
Unoccupied.
04:26
It is not occupied at the moment.
04:34
Vehicles unoccupied.
04:36
The vehicle is unoccupied.
04:43
44, is that east, ninth, and north, fifth?
04:52
Yes, perfect.
04:53
So it's just, just east of port.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
41: Theft (stolen property)
[2]
33: Emergency radio traffic only; restricts non-essential communication due to a critical or dangerous situation.
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Location mentioned:
E 9th Ave & N 5th St, Columbus, OH 43201
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
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