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Columbus Police Arrest Second Teen in Fatal Migration Lane Shooting
Read the full articleColumbus police arrested a 17-year-old boy on Thursday on murder charges in the May 20 fatal shooting of Samir Mayes on Migration Lane, following the earlier arrest of 19-year-old Amari Cross after residents interrupted an attempted car theft from a balcony.
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Columbus police have charged a teenager as a second suspect in connection with a deadly May shooting on the Northeast Side linked to an attempted car theft, according to police reporting.
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A teenager is now the second suspect charged by Columbus police in connection with a deadly shooting in May on the Northeast Side that police say stemmed from an attempted car theft.
The 17-year-old was charged with murder, according to a police division announcement on Nov. 5.
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A second suspect, a 17-year-old male, has also been charged with murder, according to a Nov. 5 media release from the police division.
Detectives interviewed the teenager at police headquarters before transferring him to the Franklin County Juvenile Intervention Center.
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Detectives arrested the juvenile and took him to Columbus police headquarters, where he was interviewed and later taken to the Franklin County Juvenile Intervention Center, police said.
Officers originally responded just before 4:15 a.m. May 20 to the 4000 block of Migration Lane, where they found 22-year-old Samir Mayes suffering from a gunshot wound and a woman with minor injuries, according to police records.
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Just before 4:15 a.m. May 20, Columbus police officers responded to the 4000 block of Migration Lane on a report of a shooting, police said. 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..
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Mayes was transported to Mount Carmel East Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:55 a.m., police said.
According to a criminal complaint filed by homicide detectives, several suspects were trying to steal a vehicle when Mayes and the woman stepped onto a balcony and spotted them, prompting the suspects to open fire.
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According to homicide detectives, several suspects, including Cross and the juvenile, 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.
Detectives determined the suspects fled the scene in a Toyota RAV4 stolen earlier in Groveport, which was later abandoned in South Linden.
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After reviewing video footage, detectives identified the vehicle that the suspects fled in as a Toyota Rav4 that was stolen in Groveport a couple of hours before the shooting, city homicide detectives said in the criminal complaint. 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 linked 19-year-old suspect Amari Cross to the crimes using search warrants for three cellular towers and DNA recovered from a window-breaking tool left at the shooting scene.
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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. Police also found a device used to break windows that had Cross' DNA on it, according to the complaint.
A Columbus police SWAT team arrested Cross on Oct. 26 in connection with the shooting.
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Amari Cross, 19, was arrested Oct. 26 by a Columbus police SWAT team in connection with the shooting.
The Dispatch reported it is not identifying the 17-year-old pending a probable cause finding that would automatically transfer the case from juvenile court to adult charges in county Common Pleas Court, according to the newspaper.
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The Dispatch is not currently identifying the 17-year-old pending a probable cause finding that would automatically transfer the case from juvenile court to adult charges in county Common Pleas Court.
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In addition to murder, the youth faces charges of possessing a dangerous ordnance and improperly handling a firearm in a moving vehicle, according to investigators.
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Upon further investigation, a 17-year-old boy was identified as a second suspect and charged with murder, possessing a dangerous ordinance and improperly handling a firearm in a moving vehicle.
19-year-old indicted in connection with fatal northeast Columbus shooting; 2nd teen suspect arrested
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Court records show Cross has since been indicted on charges in connection with the fatal shooting.
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19-year-old indicted in connection with fatal northeast Columbus shooting; 2nd teen suspect arrested
Amari Cross arrested on murder charge in fatal shooting of Samir Mayes
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Previously, Pique Media reported on Cross's arrest following the shooting on Oct. 27.
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Amari Cross arrested on murder charge in fatal shooting of Samir Mayes