Tauron Durham’s Death, Coroner’s Office Identifies Second Man K!lled in Friday Night Shooting Near Airport
The Franklin County Coroner’s office identified a 30-year-old man as the second person killed in a shooting late Friday night.
Hober Nolasco Hernandez died at 12 a.m. on Saturday after the shooting that happened about 11:50 p.m. Friday in the 700 block of Stelzer Road.
A second victim, 13-year-old Tauron Durham, of the Near East Side, also died. A third person also suffered injuries but is expected to survive.
Durham and Hernandez were two of three people killed in shootings within 30 minutes spanning Friday night and early Saturday morning.
Columbus police received a call about 12:10 a.m. Saturday regarding a man shot in the 2000 block of Cornell Avenue on the city’s Northeast Side. Police found Malik Islam, 46, of the Milo-Grogan neighborhood lying in the street. He died a short time later at an area hospital.
Police said they believed Islam had been speaking with someone shortly before the shooting occurred.
Police have not publicly identified suspects in either shooting. The three deaths were part of a violent weekend that saw another 13 people injured, including five people in a stabbing in the parking lot of a bar on the 3000 block of Gender Road on the city’s Southeast Side. A suspect was arrested in that case.
Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to call detectives at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS.
In the wake of this tragic incident, we extend our deepest condolences to the families affected by this heart-wrenching loss.
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