On the afternoon of Saturday, December 6, 2025, officers from the Columbus Division of Police responded to a dispatch at 12:53 p.m. for a reported shooting in the North Linden neighborhood. They found 27-year-old Jaylun Michael Gallagher on the 2600 block of Osceola Avenue with an apparent gunshot wound; medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene just after 1:00 p.m. Homicide detectives processed the scene, but initial reports said details about what led to the shooting were scarce.

As of the department’s public updates on December 8, 2025, no suspects had been identified or taken into custody. Gallagher was remembered by family as a devoted father of two sons, a loving son, and a loyal friend; funeral arrangements were handled by Shaw-Davis Funeral Homes. Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone in North Linden see or hear anything around Osceola Avenue that afternoon that could help investigators?