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Police arrest Amari Cross in fatal shooting of Samir Mayes
Read the full articleColumbus police arrested Amari Cross on a murder charge after detectives linked him through cellphone tower data and DNA to the fatal May shooting of 22-year-old Samir Mayes. Cross was scheduled for arraignment on Tuesday morning.
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The Columbus Division of Police arrested Amari Cross in connection with the death of 22-year-old Samir Mayes.
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The Columbus Division of Police said it arrested Amari Cross in connection with the death of 22-year-old Samir Mayes.
Columbus police SWAT personnel took Cross into custody on a murder charge, according to police records.
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Cross was taken into custody by SWAT personnel, and he faces a murder charge. He is set to be arraigned on Tuesday morning.
Officers responded just before 4:15 a.m. May 20 to an apartment complex in the 4000 block of Migration Lane, off Stelzer Road, on a report of a shooting, according to police reports.
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On May 20, officers for the Columbus Division of Police responded just before 4:15 a.m. to an apartment complex in the 4000 block of Migration Lane, off Stelzer Road, on the report of a shooting.
Mayes and another resident had stepped onto their second-floor balconies and spotted suspects trying to steal a vehicle in the parking lot, according to court records.
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According to an affidavit, Mayes and another resident at the apartment building had stepped out onto their second-floor balconies and saw Cross and at least one other suspect trying to steal a vehicle in the complex's parking lot. The suspects then started shooting at the complex residents before driving away in a vehicle.
Cross faces a murder charge and was scheduled for arraignment Tuesday morning.
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Cross was taken into custody by SWAT personnel, and he faces a murder charge. He is set to be arraigned on Tuesday morning.
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A Columbus police SWAT team arrested Cross on Oct. 26 without incident, police said, and he was held in custody at the Franklin County jail.
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Cross was arrested by a Columbus police SWAT team on Oct. 26 without incident, police said. He is currently in custody at the Franklin County jail.
A Reynoldsburg man has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting that Columbus police say stemmed from an attempted vehicle theft in May on the city's Northeast Side.
The suspects opened fire at the residents, striking Mayes, according to the criminal complaint.
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According to homicide detectives, several suspects, including 22-year-old Amari Cross, were trying to steal the female's vehicle when she and Mayes stepped onto the balcony and spotted them. At that point, the suspects began shooting at them and struck Mayes, according to a criminal complaint filed by city homicide detectives. The suspects fled the scene after the shooting.
Officers found Mayes with a gunshot wound, and he was transported to Mount Carmel East Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:55 a.m., while the other resident suffered minor injuries.
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On arrival, they found 22-year-old Samir Mayes suffering from a gunshot wound, and a female who had minor injuries in connection with the shooting. Mayes was transported to Mount Carmel East Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:55 a.m., police said.
Detectives reviewed video footage and determined the suspects fled in a Toyota Rav4 stolen in Groveport a couple of hours before the shooting, according to the complaint.
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After reviewing video footage, detectives identified the vehicle that the suspects fled in as a Toyota Rav4 that was stolen a couple of hours before the shooting in Groveport, detectives said in the criminal complaint.
The vehicle was later recovered that same day in South Linden, where surveillance footage captured the suspects walking away after abandoning it, detectives said.
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The Toyota was later recovered in South Linden that same day, and surveillance footage captured the suspects walking away from the Toyota after abandoning it.
Investigators then secured search warrants for three cellular towers and determined Cross's phone was in Groveport, on the Northeast Side, and in South Linden at the times the crimes occurred, according to police records.
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After securing search warrants for three cellular towers, detectives found that Cross' phone was in the same location in South Linden, Groveport, and on Columbus' Northeast Side at the same time the crimes were committed.
Detectives also recovered a window-breaking device that matched Cross's DNA, according to the complaint.
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Police also found a device used to break windows that had Cross' DNA on it, according to the complaint.
Mayes graduated from Beechcroft High School in 2022, had one daughter, and was known for a passion for antique classic and high-performance cars, according to his obituary.
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Samir Mayes was known for having a passion for cars, particularly antique classics and high-performance vehicles, according to his obituary. He graduated from Beechcroft High School in 2022 and had one daughter.