A 40-year-old man died in an Oct. 4 stabbing on the North Side, while the man accused of killing him has been arrested, according to a Columbus Division of Police press release.
CPD officers responded to the area of Cleveland Avenue and Reynolds Avenue around 12:35 a.m. on a report of a stabbing. They found Brandon Parsons, 40, who appeared to have been stabbed. He was transported to a local hospital and died at 1:15 a.m., according to a CPD press release.
Police charged Jacob Iams, 43, with murder in connection with the stabbing, according to court records. Iams was arrested around 11:35 a.m. in Logan.
Columbus police are asking anyone with information on the stabbing to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio
Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.
Reporter Nathan Hart can be reached at NHart@dispatch.com, @NathanRHart on X and nathanhart.dispatch.com on Bluesky.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Man killed in North Side stabbing, suspect arrested in southeast Ohio
