On October 9, 2024, at about 2:02 PM, Columbus police responded to a reported shooting on the 6200 block of Quarter Horse Drive in north Columbus. Officers found 27-year-old Jshawn Simmons with an apparent gunshot wound outside a hotel just north of East Dublin Granville Road; EMS pronounced Simmons dead at 2:11 PM. Initially the circumstances were unknown and no suspect information was released.

Detectives identified a possible suspect after witnesses reported a vehicle leaving the scene. Police charged 53-year-old Kevin Hurt with murder; witnesses told investigators Hurt admitted to killing Simmons. Hurt turned himself in to the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office on October 10, 2024, reportedly saying he had killed someone in Columbus, and authorities later located and impounded his vehicle in Cleveland. The Columbus Division of Police Homicide Unit is continuing the investigation and asking anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone in the area see the vehicle or the events around the hotel that afternoon?