The Columbus Division of Police on Friday said officers arrested a suspect in connection to Thursday’s shootout during which an officer was critically injured and another suspect was killed. Police continue to search for at least one additional person connected to the incident.
The identity of the suspect who was arrested has not been released because police say he has not been formerly charged.
In the afternoon hours of Thursday, the Whitehall Division of Police said a Porsche was stolen at gunpoint from the Byers dealership on North Hamilton Road.
Sgt. Joe Albert with Columbus police said officers, shortly thereafter, responded to a robbery at Fifth Third Bank on Hilliard-Rome Road. Whitehall police said the bank robbery suspects were the same suspects who stole the Porsche.
One officer was shot in the leg and one suspect was killed.
The wounded officer was taken by his partner to Grant Medical Center. The injured officer was initially listed in critical condition. He was then taken into surgery, according to police, and his condition was subsequently described as “stable.”
The names of the dead suspect and the wounded officer have not yet been released.
In a press briefing Friday morning, Columbus Police Assistant Chief Greg Bodker said officers served several arrest warrants, took multiple people into custody and questioned them.
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