Man dies in confrontation on Far East Side

The shooting occurred just south of the UDF where a SWAT officer shot and killed a robbery suspect on Oct. 15.

A man died after being shot by Columbus police on the Far East Side on Thursday night.

Police were called about 9:25 p.m. to Brandy Drive in the Amberly Square Apartments, just south of Refugee Road and east of Noe-Bixby Road.

The shooting reportedly occurred in an apartment there but details of what happened weren’t released by police late Thursday night.

No police officer was injured. The names of the man who was shot and police officers involved weren’t yet released.

Paramedics talking to a dispatcher at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center said the man was in his mid-20s and had been shot several times, including once in his head, once in his chest and once each in the shoulder and wrist. He died at 10:34 p.m. Thursday.

Police also had one person in the back of a cruiser for questioning.

At one point, extra police were called to handle a crowd that had gathered at the shooting scene. At least one person reportedly was sprayed with chemical spray.

The shooting occurred just south of another police shooting that happened this month. In that Oct. 15 shooting, SWAT Officer Barry Kirby fatally shot Kaleb R. Alexander, 25, just outside a United Dairy Farmers store at 2660 Noe-Bixby Rd.

Kirby was one of the officers who had staked out the business after it had been robbed the previous two nights and Alexander reportedly was robbing it.

When Alexander left the store, he ignored officers’ shouted commands to drop his gun and was shot, police said.