Man, 28, charged in University District shooting death of woman

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A 28-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a woman Tuesday morning in north Columbus.

Police said officers went to the 100 block of Chittenden Avenue in the University District just before 7:30 a.m. on a disturbance call. Officers found Gage Smith, who police said was in emotional distress, and then found 32-year-old Autumn Ward inside the apartment unresponsive with a gunshot wound.

Ward was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:49 a.m. Columbus police's preliminary investigation revealed that Smith allegedly shot Ward in a domestic violence-related incident.

Smith was arrested and charged with murder. He is scheduled to appear in Franklin County municipal court for an arraignment hearing Wednesday morning.