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Police ID Victim, Suspect In Columbus' First Homicide Of 2018

Columbus Division of Police

Columbus police have filed charges in the city's first homicide of 2018.

32-year-old Sean Newman is charged with murder for allegedly shooting and killing his 30-year-old wife Ashley early Monday at a home on Yukon Avenue. No word on a motive, but a relative told police Sean Newman said the shooting was accidental. A record 143 homicides were reported in Columbus last year.

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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