Public Safety

One dead, one injured in shooting in Columbus' Milo-Grogan neighborhood

Columbus • November 4, 2026 • By Press Pass USA

Editorial illustration: a quiet residential street in autumn with a police cruiser's lights in the distance and yellow crime-scene tape across the sidewalk

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One person died and one was injured in a shooting Wednesday morning on Columbus' Near East Side, police said. Officers responded at 7:37 a.m. Nov. 4 to the 800 block of Gibbard Avenue in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood, where they found two people who had been shot.

Medics took both people to local hospitals in critical condition, Columbus police spokeswoman Nicole Jaros said. One of them died at 8:25 a.m., she said.

Further details, including what led up to the shooting, were not immediately available, police said. No suspect information or additional details had been released as of Wednesday morning.

The investigation is ongoing. This story will be updated as police release more information.

Sources: The Columbus Dispatch, "One dead, one injured in shooting in Columbus' Milo-Grogan neighborhood" (Nov. 4, 2026), reporting statements from Columbus Division of Police spokeswoman Nicole Jaros.