Ohio police search for gunman after deadly warehouse shooting
Ohio police search for gunman after deadly warehouse shooting
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Shooter at large after killing one person and injuring five in what police call ‘a targeted type of attack’ near Columbus. Authorities in Ohio were searching for a gunman on Wednesday after at least one person was killed and five others shot and injured at a warehouse in a Columbus suburb. New Albany police named the suspect as Bruce Reginald Foster, and described the Tuesday night shooting at a cosmetics warehouse as “a targeted type of attack”.
The police chief, Greg Jones, said a firearm was found in the warehouse, from which about 150 employees were evacuated, and that he did not believe there was any further threat to the public. “At this point, we have a person of interest, and we are working to locate them and bring them into custody,” Jones told reporters at a press conference. “This has been a very tragic situation. Our thoughts go out to the victims, their families and everybody that works at this facility.”.
Police were called to the warehouse about 15 miles north-east of central Columbus at about 10.30pm on Tuesday, Jones said, adding that the first officers to arrive witnessed employees scrambling to exit the building. One person was found dead, and five others who were shot were taken to local hospitals, according to Josh Poland, a spokesperson for the city of New Albany. There was no immediate confirmation of their condition on Wednesday.
Jones said it was not clear if Foster was an employee at the warehouse, where cosmetics and toiletries are manufactured and packaged, and where he said a large overnight staff was working. He said interviews with witnesses were ongoing, but some were hampered by a language barrier, CBS News reported. “A lot of them didn’t know what happened. They weren’t aware of it until they were evacuated,” Jones said.
