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Witness Disputes Police Account Of Officer-Involved Shooting

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published June 8, 2016 at 6:10 AM EDT
Family photo via Columbus Division of Police

Columbus police have identified the man shot and killed by two plainclothes officers Monday night. Police say the officers spotted two men standing at Ontario Street and Duxberry Avenue and 23-year-old Henry Green had a gun. Police say the officers fired when Green shot at them. Christian Rutledge says he was standing next to Green when the officers started shooting without first identifying themselves.

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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.
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