On the night of August 25, 2014, Meshack Kinyanjui Mwangi, a 62-year-old Columbus resident originally from Kenya, was found with a gunshot wound on Greenwich Street in the North Linden neighborhood. Police arrived after calls about a shooting at about 11:51 p.m.; Mwangi was discovered in front of 3526 Greenwich Street and taken to the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University, where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight on August 26, 2014.

Witnesses reported hearing a gunshot and later seeing a person run toward the Northern Lights Shopping Center. A nearby resident attempted CPR before paramedics arrived but could not save him. The killing was recorded as the city’s 64th homicide that year. No suspect or clear motive has been identified, and investigators say there are no significant leads.

Family and community members continue to press for answers. If anyone saw activity near Greenwich Street on the night of August 25 or has information that could help, contact the Columbus Homicide Squad or Crime Stoppers.