Teenager shot, killed after altercation in North Linden

Officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of East Weber Road at about 12:03 a.m. after a 911 caller told police someone had been shot, Columbus police Sgt. Joe Albert said in a statement. They arrived to find a teenage male lying on the sidewalk with at least one gunshot wound.

Paramedics took the teenager to Riverside Hospital in critical condition, where he died at 12:35am.

Columbus police are trying to identify the boy, whose identity was not released as of 6:30 a.m

Several witnesses were at the scene and told detectives the teenager was involved in an argument with three other men when he was shot, Albert said.