County shooting spurs homicide investigation

By KATE LIEBERS

Staff Writer

The day after a man died from a gun­shot wound, the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office announced it will be inves­ti­gat­ing the case as a homicide.

Don­tee Gervins, 29, of Colum­bus died Nov. 18 at a Colum­bus hos­pi­tal after sus­tain­ing a gun shot wound to his back, accord­ing to the DCSO.

The shoot­ing allegedly took place Nov. 9. A Harlem Town­ship res­i­dent in the 6000 block of Red Bank Road told police Gervins knocked on her front door while lying on the ground, say­ing he had been shot.

The caller told dis­patch­ers she did not hear any gun shots before Gervins began ask­ing for help.

While she waited on the line, she said she heard Gervins on his cell phone say, “Don’t say any­thing to anybody.”

She did not open the door. Deputies arrived about 10 min­utes after the call was placed and trans­ported Gervins to the hospital.

One sus­pect has been iden­ti­fied, accord­ing to DCSO.

Inves­ti­ga­tors were report­edly work­ing to see if the shoot­ing was drug-related. Gervins had a his­tory of rob­bery and drug-related arrests 8 years ago in Franklin County.

Inves­ti­ga­tors asked any­one with infor­ma­tion about this case to con­tact the DCSO Detec­tive Divi­sion at 740–833-2830.

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