On the afternoon of June 13, 2026, 18-year-old Aboubacar Fofana was fatally shot after a fight in the parking lot of a Kroger on the 1400 block of Worthington Centre Drive in north Columbus. Officers were called around 3:20 p.m. for reports of a fight and shots fired; a shell casing was found at the scene, and Fofana was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead at 5:11 p.m.

Court documents and witness statements say a physical altercation involved several people and dash camera video showed multiple males assaulting another man. Witnesses allege that 18-year-old Kroger employee Mohamed Jalloh, referred to as Mo, retrieved a handgun from a white Lincoln SUV, ran into the fight and fired a single shot that struck Fofana, then fled in the same vehicle. Three witnesses later identified Jalloh from photos and he was charged with murder and booked into the Franklin County jail with bond set at $1 million.

Anyone who witnessed the altercation or has information about the white Lincoln SUV is asked to come forward.