Another day, another Ohio virus record

Ohio surpassed its daily record of new coronavirus cases yet again Thursday, with 2,425 more Ohioans testing positive.

Thursday marks the seventh time in eight days when new cases reported were above 2,000.

“Sadly, our situation in Ohio continues to worsen. … It is now serious and it's time for all of us to come together. Truly we need you. We need each and every one of you. We need you to be fully engaged in this battle,” Gov. Mike Dewine said.

Thursday's 2,425 cases were more than the three-week average of 1,672 new cases reported per day, state data

Columbus police are working with Hilliard police on the case because the woman was the subject of missing persons report filed with Hilliard police at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Fuqua said.

Homicide detectives do not believe the shooting was random, Fuqua said, and the public should not be afraid to use the trails and other facilities at Griggs.

Homicide detectives and crime scene technicians were still poring over the car and the parking lot Thursday afternoon. No additional information was immediately available.

The Griggs homicide was reported about 75 minutes after the start of a news conference by Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and other Columbus officials to announce measures the city is taking in an effort to help stem rising gun violence in the city.

And very early in the morning Thursday, two other people were wounded in shootings.

Police said 86-year-old Sadonia Sanders heard a noise around 12:15 a.m. Thursday coming from the back of her home on the 1400 block of Coburg Road on the East Side. When Sanders went to investigate, police said, four or five shots were fired into her home.

Sanders was struck multiple times and taken to a local hospital. She is expected to survive her injuries. police said.

Around 2:10 a.m. Thursday, a 34year-old man also was wounded when he told police a vehicle pulled alongside his in the 200 block of Taylor Avenue on the Near East Side and someone fired into his car. The victim was grazed in the leg.

But not all the violence recently has been in the city.

Franklin County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Rick Minerd announced Thursday that the person killed in a homicide Tuesday in Franklin Township was one of four suspects in an attempted robbery.

According to Minerd and court documents, the four suspects attempted to rob a 28-year-old man at a gunpoint around 11:20 p.m. Tuesday as the victim was walking in the 300 block of Nationwide Boulevard in Franklin Township. But the victim reached into his pocket and pulled out a gun of his own and shots were exchanged.

Two suspects, Johntae Jackson and Trevon Moore, both 16, were struck. The robbery target also was hit.

Jackson was taken to Ohiohealth Grant Medical Center, where he later died.

Moore, who was shot in the leg, and

the victim were both taken to OhioHealth Doctors West Hospital and then transferred to Grant Medical Center. Both are expected to recover.

Moore and 18-year old Marquis Smith, of the South Side, have been charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated murder in connection with the death of their accomplice.

Miners said there is a fourth suspect who is still at large.

The sheriff's office also announced Thursday the arrest of 18-year-old Isaiah Tucker, of North Linden, in connection with the Oct. 8 shooting death of 15year-old Nofier Cannon in Mifflin Township.

Tucker and his brother, Keyshawn Tucker, were looking to find the person who stole a car driven by Keyshawn Tucker from a Mifflin Township carryout around 11 p.m. Oct. 8. The pair thought they knew who had stolen the vehicle and Tucker drove another vehi

cle to the area of Loretta and Rankin avenues.

Tucker dropped his brother off near the home of the person whom the brothers believed had stolen the car. Tucker then saw the stolen vehicle, according to court records, and pursued it on Rankin Avenue.

At some point, Cannon got out of the car and ran. Court records state a witness told deputies that Tucker pulled out a firearm and fired more than 10 rounds at Cannon from inside the vehicle. Cannon was struck and died from his injuries.

A different witness heard Tucker on speaker phone talking about the homicide and disposing of the firearm, court records state.

Tucker has been charged with murder and is currently being held in the Franklin County jail. bbruner@dispatch.com @bethany_bruner

DORAL CHENOWETH/COLUMBUS DISPATCH A woman was discovered shot in this parked car Thursday morning at Griggs Reservoir Park on the city’s Northwest Side. She was transported to Ohiohealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She is the city’s 132nd homicide.