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Two Local Weekend Shootings Leave Two People Dead

Columbus police have released the name of the teen girl shot on Saturday night. 

Police say 15-year-old Tamara Dodson died at a local hospital after being shot at a home in the 1700 block of East Rich Street. A 16-year-old boy has been charged in her death. No other information has been released in Columbus' 71st homicide of the year. Meanwhile, Franklin County Sheriff's deputies have released few details about a shooting late Sunday night at a local apartment complex. Deputies say one person was killed and four people have been arrested following the shooting at the complex on Knob Hill Court in Franklin Township. 

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.