COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus police are investigating after three women were found dead inside a home on the city's south side Saturday afternoon.
According to Sgt. James Fuqua, officers were called to the 1300 block of South Ohio Avenue, near Karns Park and just off Thurman Avenue, just before 4 p.m. to investigate what a 911 caller had described as a medical event.
Fuqua said someone reported finding some of their friends inside a residence in medical distress. When officers got there, they contained the scene and medics pronounced three women dead at 4 p.m.
Fuqua said it is a homicide investigation and police are still working to learn what led up to the incident.
A public safety dispatcher for the city initially told 10TV the call came in as a shooting. Police later clarified that they are still working to learn what the manner of death was.
Fuqua said no suspects have been taken into custody as of Saturday at 6 p.m.
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"This time of year — anytime of the year it's unfortunate when someone loses their life, but particularly this time of the year during the holidays it's going to be very difficult for these victim's families to come to the grips that these family members will no longer be in their lives," Fuqua said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).
This is the second homicide investigation to happen in the South Side this week.
On Tuesday, officers were called to a nearby home in the 700 block of East Moler Street, near Frebis Avenue on a report of a shooting.
A dispatcher for the city’s public safety department told 10TV that the shooting occurred in the yard.
When officers arrived, they found 45-year-old Darrell Hambrick suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition. Police said despite life-saving measures, Hambrick died from his injuries a day after the shooting.
It's still unclear what led up to the shooting.
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