A suspect identified by Columbus police as the gunman in the April 29 shooting death of a 53-year-old man on the city's Northeast Side remained at large early Thursday afternoon.

The other suspect, believed to be the getaway driver, was arrested Wednesday by a SWAT team and appeared in court Thursday.

Police said Kenneth O. Baffour and Joseph D. Mansaray, both 21 and both of the Northeast Side, have been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of 53-year-old Edgar Romero-Gutierrez.

Around 9:25 p.m. on April 29, officers found Romero-Gutierrez shot on the 2200 block of Webster Canyon Court. Romero-Gutierrez was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

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According to court records, witnesses identified Baffour as the person who shot Romero-Gutierrez after a "verbal altercation." Mansaray was identified as driving Baffour away from the scene.

Baffour remained at large early Thursday afternoon.

Mansaray was arrested on Wednesday by a SWAT team, and he was being held in the Franklin County jail on a $1 million bond following his arraignment Thursday in Franklin County Municipal Court, records show. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for May 12.

Anyone with information on Baffour's whereabouts is asked to call Columbus police at 614-645-4545 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS.

As of Wednesday evening, Columbus police have identified suspects in at least 40 of the city's 56 homicide cases in 2023, resulting in a closure rate of 71%.

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Two suspects charged with murder in fatal shooting on Northeast Side