Columbus Police investigating shooting Saturday night on Beacon Ave.
Columbus police are investigating a shooting Saturday evening.
Shots rang out shortly after 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, 2026, in the 2700 block of Beacon Avenue near 28th Street just between the city’s Rose Hill and Waverly Terrace neighborhoods.
Crime scene tape now stretches across the entire section of Beacon Avenue as officers with the patrol division and crime scene investigators work the scene.
Several evidence markers could be seen in the front yard of a nearby home as investigators gathered information.
Nearby residents tell CNAW2News.com the neighborhood is usually quiet, but multiple gunshots rang out tonight, sending neighbors outside to see what happened.
Authorities say at least one person was injured and transported to Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown Campus. Their condition has not yet been released.
This is a developing story.
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