Homicide Cold Case Unit Archive Jan 2018

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No Image AvailableFile Number: 2018-0010
Name: Ashley Lynn Hamilton
Race: White
Sex: Female
Age: 27
Year of Death: 2018
Date / Time: 1/27/2018 at 11:32AM
Incident Address: 500 [Block] Oakley Ave.
Details: On Saturday, January 27, 2018, at approximately 11:32 a.m. CPD Officers & Detectives were informed that there was possibly a “dead body” inside of 576 S. Oakley Avenue, which is a vacant dwelling. Officers entered the location and found the victim, who appears to be the victim of a Homicide.

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No Image AvailableFile Number: 2018-0009
Name: Johnathan E. Smith
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Age: 31
Year of Death: 2018
Date / Time: 1/20/2018 at 1:07AM
Incident Address: 4200 [Block] Eastland Sq. Dr.
Details: On January 12, 2018, at approximately 1:07 a.m., Columbus Police officers were called to the parking lot outside Club Shon'teiras at 4212 Eastland Square Drive on the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located a male victim, later identified as Johnathan E. Smith, lying in the lot suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. CFD Medic 14 responded to the scene and pronounced Mr. Smith deceased at 2:03 a.m.

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No Image AvailableFile Number: 2018-0008
Name: Kelvin Lee Porter
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Age: 54
Year of Death: 2018
Date / Time: 1/12/2018 at 1:18AM
Incident Address: 500 [Block] Napoleon Ave.
Details: On January 12, 2018, at approximately 1:18 a.m., Columbus Police officers were called to 580 South Napoleon Avenue on the initial report of a home invasion and gunshots. Upon arrival, officers located a male victim, later identified as Kelvin Lee Porter, lying in the driveway suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. CFD Medic 21 responded to the scene and transported Mr. Porter to Grant Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at 2:03 a.m.

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No Image AvailableFile Number: 2018-0007
Name: Chasjuan M. Meeks
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Age: 29
Year of Death: 2018
Date / Time: 1/10/2018 at 6:20PM
Incident Address: 2000 [Block] Willamont Ave.
Details: On Wednesday January 10, 2018 at approximately 6:20 p.m., the Columbus Division of Police received a call and were requested to respond to Sunbury Rd. and Willamont Ave. Initial information indicated that a person was shot. A male victim later identified as Chasjuan M. Meeks was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition by CFD Medic 20. He succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced at 6:50 pm.

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No Image AvailableFile Number: 2018-0006
Name: John Doe
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Age: 20's
Year of Death: 2018
Date / Time: 1/6/2018 at 7:21AM
Incident Address: 1200 [Block] E. 22nd St.
Details: Just after 7:00 a.m., the caller stated that there was a vehicle running in his driveway and that somone was in the vehicle. Patrol responded and found the victim in the driver's seat, dead, as the result of apparent gunshot wound(s). The victim was pronounced at scene by CFD EMS #13, at 7:34 a.m.

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