WHITEHALL, Ohio — A 17-year-old boy was critically injured after being shot in the head late Tuesday night in Whitehall, and an 18-year-old was arrested at the scene, according to the Whitehall Division of Police as reported by WBNS-10TV and The Columbus Dispatch.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 100 block of Robinwood Avenue, just off East Broad Street, shortly before 10:10 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, Whitehall police told WBNS-10TV. Officers found the 17-year-old with a gunshot wound to the head, according to the police account reported by both WBNS-10TV and The Columbus Dispatch.
Medics took the teenager to Mount Carmel East Hospital in critical condition, the outlets reported. As of about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Whitehall police Lt. Tanner Williams told The Columbus Dispatch the teen remained in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.
Police identified the suspected shooter as Michael O. Hairston II, 18, and took him into custody at the scene, WBNS-10TV reported. Hairston faces one count of felonious assault and was taken to the Franklin County jail, according to the police news release reported by The Columbus Dispatch. WBNS-10TV and WSYX reported Hairston is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday morning.
Whitehall police are investigating what led up to the shooting, and investigators have not publicly described a motive or what happened before officers arrived. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted with processing the scene, according to The Columbus Dispatch’s report of the police release.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Whitehall Division of Police at 614-237-6333, police told WBNS-10TV and The Columbus Dispatch.
NewsForce247 will update this story as Whitehall police release more information, including any change in the teenager’s condition confirmed by authorities.
Photo: Nyttend, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — houses on Etna Road east of Robinwood Avenue in Whitehall.