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Police identify man found dead in home near Hungarian Village neighborhood

Columbus police responded to Reeb Avenue for a shots fired call Saturday around 6 p.m.
Credit: WBNS

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man was found dead following a shooting inside a home near the Hungarian Village in south Columbus Saturday evening.

According to Columbus police, they received a shots-fired call around 6 p.m. at a home on Reeb Avenue near South High Street. 

When officers arrived on the scene, they found 26-year-old Yiarad Tesfai dead inside the home.

Police believe Tesfai had been in an altercation at the home just before he was shot.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at (614) 645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPs (8477).

This is the 165th homicide of 2020 in the city of Columbus.

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