The derailment occurred shortly after 2 a.m. on a curve on the Norfolk Southern track just west of Fields Avenue and south of E. 11th Avenue.
Roughly 100 residents living within a one-mile radius of the derailment were evacuated to the Rhodes Center at the fairgrounds, said Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Michael Fowler.
Columbus police shot a man on a Downtown street shortly before 1 p.m. today after responding to a call about multiple stabbings inside a building.
Jim Gilbert, president of the local police union, is at the scene and said officers were called to 150 E. Gay St. on a report that more than one person had been stabbed inside the office building.
When police arrived, they saw a man with two knives outside the building. When he came toward them, officers shot him, Gilbert said.
Suspect in Chardon High School shooting chose victims randomly
The teenage suspect in an Ohio school shooting that killed three students and wounded two didn’t know his victims and chose them randomly, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Suspect T.J. Lane, 17, admitted firing 10 shots with a .22-caliber pistol Monday morning at Chardon High School, Geauga County prosecutor David Joyce said at a juvenile court hearing.
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Third student dies in Chardon school shooting
A Cleveland hospital says another student wounded in an Ohio high school shooting has died, bringing the death toll to three.
MetroHealth System said Tuesday that Demetrius Hewlin died Tuesday morning. He had been in critical condition.
Second fatality reported in Chardon school shooting
Authorities say a student wounded in an Ohio school shooting has been declared brain dead, the second reported fatality.
Hugh Shannon, administrator at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, says officials received the tragic news early today about Russell King Jr.
Update: 1 killed, 4 others injured in Chardon High School shooting
One of the five students shot at Chardon High School this morning has died, Police Chief Tim McKenna said at a noon media conference.
Officials gave no other details about the injured during their brief statements to the media.
School Superintendent Joseph Bergant II said, “Our prayers go out to the five victims and their families. We feel so disheartened.”
Four hurt in school shooting
At least four students have been injured in a shooting this morning at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio (northeast of Cleveland). The shooter has not been found.
