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1 dead in Columbus street fight

Posted at 8:38 AM, Jan 18, 2016
and last updated 2016-01-18 08:39:18-05

Police are investigating after one person was killed in Ohio's capital city following a street fight.

Officers were called to the Columbus home Sunday night around 8:45 p.m. after a report that someone had been stabbed.

Sgt. Jeffrey Strayer tells The Columbus Dispatch that a person died after a fight between two people spilled into the street. Authorities pronounced the person dead at the scene.

Details on what sparked the fight are unclear.

Strayer would not say if the person had been stabbed. The person's identity has not been released.

Police say a suspect has been taken into custody.