2 teens, 1 officer hospitalized after police shooting outside bingo hall on Refugee Road
Two teenagers and a Columbus police officer were taken to local hospitals in stable condition after a situation Saturday afternoon outside a bingo hall on the city's Southeast Side that resulted in an officer shooting one of the teens as he fled the scene in a car.
Just before 2 p.m., the two teenagers were in a car in the parking lot of B33 Bingo, 3300 Refugee Road, when the vehicle hit a special-duty officer working the bingo hall and ran over a passenger who was outside the vehicle, Columbus police spokesperson Melanie Amato said.
Another special-duty officer fired a shot into the car, hitting the driver, Amato said. The car then went into Refugee Road and collided with another vehicle traveling west.
The two teenagers were arrested and taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital, and one of the officers was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, Amato said. She said she didn't know specifics about the injuries. A medic checked the driver and a passenger from the second car at the scene.
Amato said it remained unclear Saturday afternoon why the teens were in the parking lot and the circumstances that led to the incident.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation continues to investigate the police shooting.
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus bingo hall shooting: 2 teens, 1 police officer hospitalized