COLUMBUS — Officers are looking for a suspect accused of shooting a person near the campus of the Ohio State University Monday night in Columbus.
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Police responded to a report of a shooting just before 8:30 p.m. in the area of John Herrick Drive and Olentangy River Road, near the southern end of campus, according to our news partner WBNS in Columbus.
The university posted a public safety notice online Monday night and said that a person flagged down a bus and told the driver they had been shot.
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The victim was transported to the hospital in stable condition, the university said.
The university identified the suspect as Richard Patridge, 31.
He is accused of abducting a woman at gunpoint in Columbus earlier this month, WBNS said.
She was later found safe.
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