Sufferer, suspect recognized in deadly capturing at Sunbury Highway buying plaza close to Westerville

A girl died Tuesday after she was found shot inside a automobile within the car parking zone of a buying plaza in Blendon Township close to Westerville.

Round 5:50 p.m., Blendon Township police have been known as to Sunbury Plaza, a buying plaza on South Sunbury Highway anchored by a Kroger’s grocery and positioned simply north of Dublin Granville Highway/ Route 161. Police discovered a girl inside a white automobile affected by an obvious gunshot wound, in line with police dispatchers.

Medics transported her to a close-by hospital, the place she was pronounced deceased. The lady has been recognized as 24-year-old Amara Jones by Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford.

Belford stated police are trying to find a male suspect, Rodney Amir Perry, 29, of Waterfront Lane off Reynoldsburg New Albany Highway within the Blacklick space of Columbus’ Far East Facet. An arrest warrant for Perry on a cost of homicide has been obtained by police.

Perry is described as a 5-foot-7, 190-pound black male with black hair and brown eyes. He’s thought-about armed and harmful, the chief stated.

He was believed to be driving a grey 2017 Toyota pickup truck with Ohio license JXL7308.

Neighboring police departments, together with Columbus, have been initially on the lookout for the suspect Tuesday evening. However Perry stated police final traced Perry to the Gallopolis space in southeast Ohio throughout the Ohio River from West Virginia, and a multi-state alert has been issued for the suspect.

The Ohio Bureau of Felony investigations was on scene for help with proof assortment, a spokesperson stated.

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This text initially appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Woman dies after discovered shot in Blendon Township parking lot