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Columbus Police Kill Homicide Suspect

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published February 21, 2020 at 5:07 AM EST

Columbus police officers shot and killed a homicide suspect last night. 

Police say 17-year-old Joseph Jewell was killed at a Dublin-Granville Road hotel when he opened the door to his room and opened fire on responding officers. Jewell was wanted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Erique Forney Junior on Tuesday night.
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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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