Police focused on fatal shooting outside northeast Columbus afterhours club

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus police are searching for leads in a homicide in which charges against the original suspect were dropped this summer.

According to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, investigators remain focused on the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Jayvon Gore, who was found in the 1400 block of Oakland Park Avenue in North Linden. Gore was taken to a hospital in critical condition but later died in the early hours of June 18.

The initial findings revealed that several people exchanged gunfire in the parking lot at an afterhours business near the E.Z. Oakland Park Plaza, where Gore had been a customer. Gore was fatally struck, as was the Columbus Division of Fire Station 18, located across the street.

As officers arrived at the scene, several potential witnesses reportedly fled the scene, and police were unable to get any statements. For an earlier report on this story view the video player above.

Three weeks later, a man arrested in connection to a carjacking in the area one month earlier, was also charged in Gore’s murder. However, while the suspect's carjacking case remains ongoing in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, the murder charge against him was dropped, leaving Columbus police with zero leads.

Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for any information leading to the arrest and/or indictment of the person(s) responsible for this crime. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477 or visit www.stopcrime.org and submit your tip.