Cortez Townsend, a 28-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on November 27, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. He was outside a gas station at 1937 E. Livingston Avenue and Alum Creek Drive when someone shot him at about 5:40 PM. Townsend stumbled into the business after being struck and collapsed; he was taken to Grant Medical Center and pronounced dead at 6:16 PM.

Columbus police have classified the death as a homicide and opened a homicide investigation. Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers.

Does anyone have information about that gas station or saw activity in the area around 5:40 PM on November 27, 2020?