Elijah Copley

Case number: 3554
Incident location: 200 [Block] S. Dana Ave.
Columbus, Ohio - Franklin County
Incident date: 7/24/2020
Homicide date: 7/24/2020
Date of birth: 8/7/2005
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White
Law enforcement agency: Columbus Police Department

Details

On July 24, 2020, at approximately 2:01am, the victims, both Juveniles, were riding scooters east bound on Rich St. at Dana Ave., when two unknown suspects began to shoot at them. Victim #1 was struck one time and was transported to a local area hospital by CFD Medic #17 in critical condition. At 8:08am, 14yr old Elijah Copley succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.

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