One person was injured in an early-morning shooting near the Ohio State University campus that prompted a university alert.
Ohio State University Emergency Management sent an active attacker alert to students following the shooting reported around 1:30 a.m. followed by an all-clear at 2:02 a.m. that described the shooting as “no random act.”
Buckeye Alert! One person reported shot at McDonalds on High Street. Remain inside. Suspect fled in an unknown direction.
— OSU Emergency Mngmnt (@OSU_EMFP) August 25, 2019
BUCKEYE ALERT RECAP 2/2: Suspect targeted specific person, no random act. No ongoing threat. Report known details to @ColumbusPolice at 614-645-4545
— OSU Emergency Mngmnt (@OSU_EMFP) August 25, 2019
Wesley N. Powers Jr., 21, was standing around 1:30 a.m. in a McDonald’s parking lot at 1972 N. High St. when someone fired several shots at him. Powers was struck in the thigh and ran into the restaurant and then outside the front door before collapsing on the sidewalk in front of the Pita Pit, according to Columbus police.
The shooter fled and remains at large.
>> Report: Shots fired near Superior Avenue and West Funderburg Road
Powers was taken to OSU Medical Center in stable condition and is expected to survive.
OSU Emergency Management said the gunshot victim was targeted by the shooter and that the incident posed “no ongoing threat.”
