Emmanuel Osei, 25, was found critically injured near an ATM in the Chase Bank parking lot at 2475 S. Hamilton Road in Columbus on the night of February 29, 2016. Police received a call about a man lying in a parking lot at approximately 11:59 PM; emergency personnel responded and Osei, who had suffered an apparent gunshot wound, was pronounced dead at 12:15 AM on March 1, 2016.

Known to many as Big E, Osei was a 2009 graduate of Licking Heights High School in Pataskala, a former football player who wore number 49, and a father of two. Dozens of former students and faculty held a candlelight vigil; friends described him as loving and funny. Columbus police opened a homicide investigation but had no immediate suspects or motive and were unsure whether he had been shot at the bank or killed elsewhere and left at the scene. Investigators reviewed bank surveillance but did not release it.

If anyone has information about Emmanuel Osei’s death or the events that night, please contact the Columbus Police.