Investigate a crime scene!  Begin your investigation by reading the summary of the facts and the evidence processed.  Keep investigating to determine the identity of the suspect.  

The following pages represent the scene of a violent, but fictitious crime.  The individuals depicted are actors.  No criminal involvement should be inferred by their participation.

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At 1:54am on October 18, 2023, officers responded to 134 S. Franklin Avenue, Columbus, Ohio in reference to a 911 call by a neighbor who heard shots fired at this address.  The shots were also picked up on Shotspotter.  When officers arrived at the scene, they found one deceased male subject and evidence of a crime.  The officers secured the scene and notified the Homicide detectives and the Crime Scene Unit.

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A canvas of the neighborhood by officers located who witnesses who had each seen a suspicious looking man leaving the area just after the shots were fired.  Working with the two witnesses individually, a Crime Scene Technician completed two separate composite sketches.

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The first witness said that she was looking out her window when she saw a nervous looking man (Suspect #1) running from the direction the shots had been fired and driving away recklessly in a red four-door car.

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The second witness heard the shots and when he walked onto his porch he saw a man (Suspect #2) running through his yard and jump into a silver SUV. The man was limping and looked very agitated.

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Detectives soon found that men matching the description of both suspects had been pulled over and arrested for DUI within a couple miles of the crime scene.

 

• Suspect #1 was arrested when he was found driving the wrong way on a freeway on-ramp. He was determined to be driving with a revoked license and had multiple warrants for failure to appear at previous court dates. Suspect #1 was not wearing shoes when he was arrested.

• Suspect #2 was arrested after he was observed weaving and running a red light. When arrested, Suspect #2 had only one shoe on and had a wound on his leg that he claimed he had gotten when he tripped and fell in an alley.  Additionally, a loaded firearm was found under the driver’s seat of his SUV.

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The Crime Scene Unit photographed the scene, collected evidence, and processed for latent prints. Overall, midrange, and close up photographs were taken of the items of evidence marked with placards. Each item with a numbered placard was collected as evidence and each lettered item was swabbed for DNA. All items were packaged and submitted to evidence for impound. The scene was then processed for latent fingerprints using Black and Magna Powders.  Latent fingerprints were detected, lifted and submitted to the Latent Print Unit for further analysis and comparison to suspects #1 and #2.

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Numbers are used for items collected from the scene. Letters are used when only a sample is collected.