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Police ID Victim Of Columbus' 127th Homicide Of 2020

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Columbus police say an Ohio State University student was killed in an early Sunday morning shooting near campus. 

The victim is identified as 23-year-old Chase Meola of New Jersey. Police reports indicated some people were asked to leave a house party in the area and an altercation occurred outside. Police have charged 18-year-old Kintie Mitchell Junior with murder.  It's the city's 127th homicide this 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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