On June 28, 2025, 44-year-old Omar Alvarez, a Hispanic man, was shot in the 200 block of South Eureka Avenue in Columbus’s Hilltop neighborhood shortly after 3:30 p.m. Responding officers found him gravely wounded; medics took him to Grant Medical Center, where he died a short time later. Police described the scene near Sullivant Avenue and began canvassing for witnesses and evidence.

Detectives quickly focused on a suspect and, within hours, named 46-year-old Arnulfo Aguirre-Ramos in connection with the killing. By the morning of June 29 officers arrested Aguirre-Ramos without incident; he was processed at the Franklin County Jail and charged with murder. Police said they believe Alvarez was shot by Aguirre-Ramos, but the circumstances leading up to the gunfire and a clear motive have not been released.

If anyone in the Hilltop area that afternoon saw what happened or has information about the incident, contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers.