COLUMBUS, Ohio - Police on Friday said DNA evidence links a man who was fatally shot during a rape investigation to two reported rapes.

The Columbus Police Crime Lab said that the DNA samples taken from two rape victims match the sample taken from Larry Martin.

Martin was shot and killed early Wednesday morning outside a vacant home on Genesee Avenue, 10TV News reported.

Authorities were conducting surveillance in the neighborhood after learning that Martin had arranged a meeting at the home with an escort service, police said.

At about 4 a.m., officers approached Martin to make an arrest, but police said he pulled out a gun, forcing officers to open fire.

Martin died at the scene.

Police said that although Martin has not been linked through DNA to the first reported rape, the assaults were similar.

The crimes remained under investigation.

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