Child shot and killed on Columbus's Near East Side

Mike Wagner, Columbus Dispatch
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A 15-year-old boy was shot Friday evening and died Saturday, according to Columbus Police. The boy, who was shot on Columbus' Near East Side, died at OhioHealth's Grant Medical Center downtown.
A 15-year-old boy was shot Friday evening and died Saturday, according to Columbus Police. The boy, who was shot on Columbus' Near East Side, died at OhioHealth's Grant Medical Center downtown.

A 15-year-old boy who was shot Friday evening on the city's Near East Side died Saturday at OhioHealth's Grant Medical Center downtown.

Dereon Draper-Robinson was pronounced dead at 2:18 p.m. on Saturday as a result of the injury he suffered the night before, according to the Columbus Division of Police.

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At 6:02 p.m. on Friday, police were dispatched to the 1200 block of Atcheson Street where they found Draper-Robinson suffering from an apparent gun shot wound. He was transported to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.

Police are investigating the shooting as a homicide. No suspects have been identified and the motive for the crime is unknown, according to police.

Police released no other details surrounding the shooting, including how many times Draper-Robinson had been shot.

Anyone with information regarding this incident, is asked to call Columbus Police Homicide Unit at (614) 645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477). Detective Egelhoff is the lead detective on the case and is being assisted by Detective Lemmon.

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus police investigating shooting of 15-year-old