COLUMBUS — Four people were shot in Lincoln Park in Columbus Tuesday evening and two people have been arrested in connection with shootings.
The shooting happened near a basketball court in the park, say police. Firefighters and paramedics provided medical care to the victims.
The shooting critically injured three of the four victims who were taken to a Columbus hospital. The three critical victims then had to be airlifted to hospitals in Indianapolis. One was treated and released.
Columbus Police Department officers responded to the shooting at about 7:35 p.m. Tuesday at Lincoln Park just west of U.S. 31 and 25th Street.
Officers found multiple people with gunshot wounds.
Hamilton Community Center & Ice Arena, the park and the ballfields were closed for the police investigation.
Police say that witnesses identified a vehicle involved in the shooting and a search began for suspects. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department found the vehicle and stopped it. Police detained 18-year-old Alexander Parker of Columbus.
A second suspect was identified as 18-year-old Edmarius Oats, of Columbus. Members of the Columbus and Bartholomew County SWAT team took him into custody outside of a home in the 3400 block of Old Field Lane at about 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday.
Oats and Parker were arrested on preliminary charges of aggravated battery and criminal recklessness with a weapon. Parker is also facing charges of assisting a criminal.
More charges are possible, police say.
