Man sought in shooting of his adult kids
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A man accused of shooting his two adult children at his Northeast Side home Sunday afternoon is at large and threatening that he will not be taken alive, Columbus police said Monday.
Robert Brigham, 50, is charged with three counts of felonious assault for the shooting that took place inside his house in the 4100 block of Grayfriars Lane, said Detective Anthony Roberts of the Columbus Police Division’s Domestic Violence Unit.
His son, Robert Brigham Jr., 36, was taken in critical condition to the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University with a gunshot that entered his back and went out through his chest, but his condition later stabilized, Roberts said. The gunman’s daughter, Toya Ingram, 26, was shot in the neck and hand and is in stable condition at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital. A third adult child, Tiffany Ingram, moved in time to avoid a gunshot fired at her, police said.
Robert Brigham and his wife had a dispute on Saturday and she left the house. When she returned, the argument between Robert Brigham and his wife resumed and three of his adult children tried to intervene, Roberts said.
The elder Brigham then went to his room, returned with a gun and fired shots at the three adult children, hitting two of them, Roberts said. Several people were at the home at the time.
Between seven to nine people, including the two injured parties, then packed into a fourdoor Ford compact car and attempted to drive to Mount Carmel St. Ann’s hospital. Brigham Jr. started suffering seizures, so the driver purposely broke a traffic law to attract the attention of a passing Columbus police cruiser at Morse Road and Cleveland Avenue, Roberts said.
Police responding to calls about the incident at the home seized guns there Sunday.
During the day Monday, the older Brigham’s wife returned to the house with him, he retrieved guns that had been hidden and left, making the threat that he would not be taken alive, Roberts said.
The wife related the threat to the family, and the daughter in the hospital told authorities, Roberts said.