According to the Columbus Division of Police, two individuals were shot inside a south Columbus nightclub early Saturday morning, and four others were injured.
At about 5:10 am., officers were dispatched to the Tha Plug nightclub in the 1500 block of South High Street in response to allegations of a gunshot.
At the crime site, officers discovered five male victims with gunshot wounds. At 5:18 am, one of the victims, Antwaun Artis, age 21, was declared dead at the scene. The remaining four males have been brought to nearby hospitals for treatment and are all classified as “stable.”
Jayden Peacock, 22 years old, went into Nationwide Children’s Hospital with a gunshot wound, according to Columbus police. He was declared deceased shortly after 6 am.
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According to Columbus police, no arrests have been made. No information on a potential suspect has been disclosed. Maddie Amilton, a local resident, told 10TV that she had previously heard gunshots in the vicinity, but that Saturday’s occurrence was different.
“That was rather terrifying,” stated Amilton. “It sounded like several gunshots, perhaps a dozen.”
Amilton reported seeing two individuals on the ground and others rushing and yelling. She desires that such occurrences receive greater attention and that the city enhance its safety measures.
Amilton stated, “I simply think that the communities who reside in this area deserve a lot more, and they need to be handled with respect and not ignored when anything negative occurs.”
There are repeated attempts to contact the nightclub for comment, but they did not answer. The event is still being investigated. Anybody with information is urged to contact the Columbus Police Murder Unit at (614) 645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477).
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