Columbus Man Says He Shot Intruder Who Attacked Him at His Front Door

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COLUMBUS, IND. — A Columbus resident told police he shot and killed a man who attacked him near his own front door, and days later no arrest has been made.

It happened just after 9 a.m. on Monday, June 22. According to the Columbus Police Department, officers and other first responders were called to a home in the 3000 block of Wedgewood Drive, near Taylor Road and 25th Street, for a reported shooting. The caller told dispatch he had shot a man after being attacked.

Officers found the man who had been shot outside the home and began rendering aid. He did not survive. The caller stayed at the scene and cooperated with arriving officers.

The Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as David R. Young, 44, of Columbus. Investigators say Young was known to the people who lived at the home and that he drove himself there that morning. Police say an altercation broke out near the front door, and Young was shot during the struggle.

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As of now, no arrests have been made and no charges have been filed. Detectives are still interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence, and a forensic autopsy has been scheduled.

I’d point out what the record does and doesn’t say. Police have not called this self-defense, and the prosecutor has not ruled. What the department has confirmed is a resident who reported being attacked, fired, and then stayed put and called it in himself. At the close of the investigation, the findings go to the Bartholomew County Prosecutor’s Office, which will decide whether the shooting was legally justified.