Frederick Louis Massie, 48, died on September 21, 2017, after a violent altercation in the Hilltop area of Columbus. The fight began at the Food Mart Express on S. Warren and Sullivant Avenues and continued down S. Warren Avenue. Detectives determined Massie was deliberately run down by a vehicle; witness accounts also suggest he may have been shot during the incident. The vehicle used was later found abandoned and the suspects fled before police arrived. The death was recorded as the 97th homicide in Columbus that year.

A 36-year-old woman, Takecha Christine Heath, was arrested and charged with Massie’s murder, accused of deliberately driving the vehicle that struck him. She was arrested in Washington, Pennsylvania, and was awaiting extradition to Columbus. Investigators collected evidence at the scene and are following multiple witness accounts to reconstruct what happened.

If anyone witnessed the fight on S. Warren or saw the vehicle involved, or has other information about this incident, please share what is known.