One person dead after shooting near Northeast Side mosque

Columbus police are investigating a fatal shooting Oct. 19 that happened near a mosque on Columbus' Northeast Side. Police received a report of a shooting at around 2:11 p.m. in the 2200 block of Albert Avenue, according to a police dispatcher. The caller reported that a group of boys were shooting

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Columbus police are investigating a fatal shooting Oct. 19 that happened near a mosque on Columbus' Northeast Side.

Police received a report of a shooting at around 2:11 p.m. in the 2200 block of Albert Avenue, according to a police dispatcher. The caller reported that a group of boys were shooting outside the Alrahma Mosque located at 2205 Albert Ave. The block where the shooting happened is a few hundred feet from the mosque.

Columbus police on the scene of a fatal shooting the afternoon of Oct. 19, 2026, near a mosque.

One person was pronounced dead at the scene by Columbus Division of Fire medics at 2:10 p.m., according to Columbus Fire Lt. Nick Davis. He did not have additional information on other victims. A Dispatch photographer at the scene said the shooting happened during a funeral at the mosque.

Additional information, including

any possible suspects, was not immediately available.

This is a breaking news story. Check back at Dispatch.com for more updates.

Reporter Shahid Meighan can be reached at smeighan@dispatch.com, at ShahidMeighan on X, and at shahidthereporter.dispatch.com on Bluesky.

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: One person dead after shooting near Northeast Side mosque