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Suspect before deputy fatally shot: ‘You better … go if you want your family to see you’

1 week ago | wtrf.com | Katie Millard |Brett Mills |Adam Conn |Anna Hoffman

This story describes a domestic violence situation. If you or a loved one is experiencing domestic violence, visit LSS Choices or call 614-224-4663 (HOME), or the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, text BEGIN to 88788, or click here.
Bodycam shows arrest of Ohio State women’s basketball coach for suspected OVI

3 weeks ago | fox8.com | Kevin Accettulla |Anna Hoffman |Orri Benatar

DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) — Body camera footage shows the moments leading up to Ohio State women’s basketball coach Kevin McGuff being arrested for allegedly operating a vehicle impaired in Dublin last week. The 55-year-old’s defense attorney Rick Piatt represented McGuff in Dublin Mayor’s Court for an administrative license suspension hearing. Piatt pleaded not guilty on behalf of McGuff and asked that his driver’s license be reinstated.
Ohio State men's soccer player shot off-campus as bystander

Dec 10, 2024 | fox8.com | Anna Hoffman |Orri Benatar

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An Ohio State men’s soccer player is recovering after being shot off-campus early Sunday after an NCAA tournament victory. The team said that redshirt junior defender Nathan Demian, a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, was the victim of a shooting in the 200 block of Chittenden Avenue east of campus. Columbus police said the shooting occurred just before 2:30 a.m. when two vehicles were chasing each other with a person in one vehicle shooting toward the other.
Why this Ohio city is handing out home security cameras

Nov 25, 2024 | fox8.com | Anna Hoffman

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Doorbell cameras have been a game changer in helping police solve all kinds of crimes and the City of Columbus wants more residents to have this line of defense. The city is giving away 700 Ring Doorbell cameras to eligible residents to help reduce crime, calling it the Porch Protection Program. The program will be funded by the American Rescue Plan and would give residents the ability to have real-time video of their property.
Safety concerns on Ohio State campus after two shootings

Sep 20, 2024 | fox8.com | Anna Hoffman

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As kickoff draws near for the Ohio State Buckeyes to take on the Marshall Thundering Herd, there are growing concerns about safety in the campus area following two Buckeye safety alerts sent out this week due to shootings in the area. Columbus police are searching for the people responsible for a shooting incident on North High Street near 11th Avenue on Wednesday night. They said no one was hit by gunfire, but a graduate student was injured by debris from the shooting.
Group of Columbus mothers work to curb violence in the city

Aug 21, 2024 | yahoo.com | Anna Hoffman

Anna HoffmanAugust 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM·2 min readCOLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — In the last four years, you might have seen a group of women around Columbus dressed in orange and camouflage. Those women are part of “Mothers of Murdered Columbus Children,” a group working to decrease violence in the city. Wednesday marked four years since the group’s first-ever event. “We had no idea that lightning in the bottle would happen and it would become what it is today,” said founder Malissa Thomas-St. Clair.
Hilliard City Schools train bus drivers on how to handle a bus fire

Aug 16, 2024 | yahoo.com | Anna Hoffman

Anna HoffmanAugust 16, 2024 at 6:00 PM·3 min readHILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) — The first day of school is just days away for Hilliard students. Friday, school bus drivers with Hilliard City Schools participated in a hands-on training to prepare them for the unimaginable: a bus fire. The training’s goal was to get them to feel what it would be like and how to keep calm in a chaotic situation.
30 electronic scooters pulled from Ohio's Scioto River during cleanup effort

Aug 16, 2024 | newsnationnow.com | Adam Conn |Anna Hoffman

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – In June, Columbus residents with mobility issues expressed frustration with those who leave electronic scooters parked in the middle of neighborhood sidewalks. Columbus police and the city’s Division of Refuse Collection are now finding scooters to be a hazard elsewhere: in the Scioto River.
Reaction to charges against officer who shot Ta’Kiya Young

Aug 13, 2024 | yahoo.com | Anna Hoffman

Anna HoffmanAugust 13, 2024 at 6:15 PM·2 min readCOLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ta’Kiya Young’s grandmother describes every day since the death of her and her unborn daughter as agonizing. Nadine Young said she has not been able to grieve properly because she has been waiting for this indictment. “I just want him to know he was wrong to kill her,” she said.
U.S. Marshals’ task force gives NBC4 an inside look at arresting fugitives

Aug 7, 2024 | yahoo.com | Anna Hoffman

Anna HoffmanAugust 7, 2024 at 6:30 PM·3 min readCOLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The U.S. Marshals’ Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike team, or SOFAST, does a lot of behind-the-scenes work before making an actual arrest. NBC4 was there Wednesday to see members of the SOFAST task force put that work to action and arrest two known fugitives.