On the night of December 13, 2017, 20-year-old Des’Juan Johnson was fatally shot in southeast Columbus. Officers responding to reports of a shooting near Frebis Avenue and Alum Creek Drive found Johnson on the side of the road with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Grant Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly afterward. The incident happened around 10:47 p.m. while Johnson and an 18-year-old friend, Cameron Simpson, were together in a vehicle on Alum Creek Drive.

Simpson was not physically injured and reportedly tried to flee the scene.

If anyone saw the shooting or has information about who fired on the vehicle, please share what is known with Columbus Police.