Columbus Police Report Officer-Involved Shooting

A man is hospitalized in critical condition after he was shot by Columbus police. 

Investigators say 36-year-old Kenneth Chandler unsuccessfully tried to rob a Cleveland Avenue restaurant at gunpoint Friday morning, before attempting to carjack an employee in a city vehicle. Officers eventually caught up with the armed suspect and opened fire. No one else was hurt. Formal charges are pending.

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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.