The police are looking for a suspect after a shooting in Ohio Warehouse leaves 1 dead, 5 wounded

Columbus, Ohio (WSYX) – Law enforcement agencies are looking for a shooter after one person was killed and another five were injured in New Albana late on Tuesday evening.

The suspect was identified at 5:40 on Wednesday as Bruce Reginald Foster III. It is described as he has 6 feet high and about 175 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes.

The first respondents went to the KDC/One object, a company dealing with cosmetic products, in the area of ​​8800 Smiths Mill Road North block just before 22:30 on Tuesday.

Greg Jones, the head of the police in New Albany, said that one suspected seemed to be involved – Foster – and that Foster is not yet in custody.

Jones added that a firearm was recovered on the spot.

“It seems that at this moment he is a targeted attack,” he said, warning that the investigation was in his preliminary stage. He said the police did not believe that Foster is a threat to society.

At the time of shooting, there were about 150 people. Jones said that some employees did not know that nothing had happened because of the size of the object.

“It was a very tragic situation,” he said. “Our thoughts are directed to the victims, their families and all who work in this facility. We hope that this will never happen in our community. But we are preparing for it. “

The police were unable to provide details about the wounded who were taken to hospitals. The person who died was considered dead at the scene. This person’s identity has not been released immediately.

Law enforcement authorities follow the search orders in search of a shooter.

“We have many detectives with employees,” said Jones just before the second on Wednesday. “We don’t intend to keep them longer than we have to. After gathering information and we will be able to interview them, we will publish it. “

Jones would not confirm whether Foster is or was an employee in the object or if some quarrel caused a shootout.

Police officers are expected to share new details at a press conference around 7:30

Tuesday incident was Third such shooting in a large warehouse at Central Ohio since 2022.

This story will be updated throughout the morning, because new information becomes available.