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Columbus police investigate a fatal shooting at the Iftin Restaurant on the North Side last night. WBNS-10TV Video Restaurant Shooting |
Friday, March 13, 2009
Columbus police are investigating two killings last night, both apparently the result of separate robberies.
Daud Osman, 38, died after being shot at the Iftin Restaurant, 4191 Cleveland Ave., shortly after 10 p.m.
Columbus police said Osman was shot when three masked men robbed the restaurant, which serves African cuisine and is owned by Hibo Omar.
He was taken to Ohio State University Medical Center with several gunshot wounds and died shortly before midnight.
The robbers fled the restaurant after robbing two restaurant patrons.
In the second incident, Chad Ellis, 30, was killed on the South Side by a gunshot to the head. Columbus police found him in a vehicle at Ellsworth Avenue and Gates Street after the radio room received a call about 11 p.m..
He died a short time later at Grant Hospital.
Sgt. Dana M. Norman said this morning that no one has been charged in the killings.
The killings bring the number of homicides for the year to 15.
-- Tim Doulin
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