COLUMBUS – Columbus police have caught up with two men facing charges in connection with a double shooting in Italian Village in July that left a man dead and sent his father to the hospital.
Levander Davis and De’Andre Davis, both 25, were charged with murder in the shooting death 31-year-old Roosevelt Carroll III in the 700 block of Kerr Street on July 5, Sgt. Edward Powell III of the Columbus police Homicide Unit said.
The two were arrested by U.S. Marshals Service task force officers in the 3000 block of E 6th Avenue on Thursday and are currently incarcerated in the Franklin County Jail, Powell said.
Witnesses interviewed after the shooting told police there was a verbal dispute that escalated into the shots being fired, Powell said.
Newark shooting suspect remains at large
Two men wanted in connection with a double shooting in Newark earlier this month have been arrested but a third suspect remains on the loose, police said.
Detectives with the Newark Division of Police, along with Lancaster police, the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, New Philadelphia police and the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday arrested Eric Hurst, 34 of Lancaster, and Ryan Authement, 32 of New Philadelphia, in connection with the shooting, Sgt. Chuck Wilhelm of the Newark Division of Police said.
Newark police officers dispatched to 131 N. 11th Street at 4:34 p.m. on Sept. 11 on a report of a shooting arrived at the scene and found a 50-year-old and 3- year-old man, each suffering from a single gunshot wound.
Officers administered first aid until Newark Division of Fire personnel arrived. Both victims were taken by helicopter to Columbus area hospitals and are in stable condition, Wilhelm said.
Detectives are currently looking for Kyle Mathes, 28 of Lancaster, and police are asking anyone with information to call Newark detectives at 740-670-7215 or Licking County Crime Stoppers at 740-349-6888.