Columbus police seeking gunman who fired shots at officers
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Posted: 08/24/2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police say they are searching for a man they fired shots at as he was fleeing the scene of a home invasion.
The police department said officers fired at the man early Friday after he displayed a handgun. He wasn't hit. Officers found the discarded gun in the back yard of the home.
The officers had responded to a report of a home-invasion robbery on the city's south side at about 3:30 a.m.
Nobody was hurt.
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