Columbus Police Search for Suspect in Southeast Side Gas Station Shooting

Columbus police are searching for a man wanted for murder in connection with a March 3 fatal shooting at a gas station convenience store on the city’s southeast side.

An arrest warrant was obtained the same day for 22-year-old South Side owner Malike D. Miller, who police charged Deadly shooting 23-year-old Jared B. Porter, whose records indicate he was living in Circleville in 2021 However, Columbus police publicly announced Tuesday that they were looking for Porter, who was not yet in custody.

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Police were called to a shooting at 4:22 a.m. March 3 at the Sheetz gas station at 3999 S. Hamilton Road, just north of U.S. 33, on the city’s southeast side near Groveport. Responding officers found Porter suffering from a gunshot wound.

Porter was taken to an area hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead at 5:41 a.m., police said.

Anyone with information on Miller’s whereabouts is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.

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This article originally appeared in the Columbus Dispatch: Columbus police are looking for a South Side man in a gas station killing