Man found dead after west Columbus shooting

Columbus Police are searching for the person who shot and killed a 22-year-old Columbus man early Friday morning. Just before 2 a.m., police were called to an apartment building on Doulton Court, near Sullivant Avenue and Georgesville Road in west Columbus, after residents reported hearing gunfire in the area. They arrived to find the victim, Cody Virgil Nichols, laying in the building's hallway suffering from a gunshot wound. Nichols was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting marks the city