Shots rang out near a daycare center in north Columbus Thursday afternoon.
Officers at the Columbus Police Department responded to a call about shots fired at 2:04 p.m. near Genesis Church on 23rd Street, according to Interim Police Chief Fred Shelton. An employee from the daycare center at the church reported hearing gunshots and seeing two young black men chase another young black man. One of the men was shooting at the man being chased.
When police arrived, neighbors in the area also reported that they had heard shots fired.
The daycare center went on lockdown for about half an hour while police made sure the suspect was no longer in the area. No one was harmed.
Officers found an ammunition round on the street near the intersection of 24th Street North and Oat Avenue, Shelton said. Shelton thinks the two men may have run between buildings on Oat Avenue, jumped a fence, run across the field by the church and jumped another fence where the daycare employee saw them.
Police are still searching for the men.
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