Keith A. Morgan, a 42-year-old Black male from Columbus, Ohio, was fatally shot on the evening of November 21, 2025, inside an apartment at an East Side building on North Hampton Road. Around 6:55 p.m., Columbus police officers responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting at the address. When officers entered the apartment, they found Morgan unresponsive with at least one gunshot wound. Medics rushed him to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 7:56 p.m. that night, a little over an hour after the initial call for help.
According to the Columbus Division of Police and subsequent local news coverage, homicide detectives quickly determined that the killing was not a random act of violence. Their preliminary investigation indicated that the shooting stemmed from violence within a domestic relationship, suggesting that the person responsible was someone known to Morgan rather than a stranger. The incident occurred in a residential apartment setting, and neighbors later described hearing gunfire and a scream before emergency crews flooded the area, with crime scene tape cordoning off the building as investigators worked into the night.
In the days that followed, police formally identified the victim as Keith A. Morgan after notifying his family. The case was logged as a homicide in the city’s 2025 homicide reports, and the department emphasized that the investigation remained active. Detectives continued to interview witnesses, review any available surveillance footage, and reconstruct the events that led up to the shooting, focusing on the domestic circumstances surrounding the conflict inside the apartment.
Despite the domestic-violence motive identified by investigators, authorities did not publicly name a suspect or release a detailed description. As of the latest information made available in late November 2025, no arrest had been announced in connection with Morgan’s death. Columbus police appealed to the public for assistance, asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact Homicide Detective Eric Poliseno at 614-645-6420, the Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730, or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS underscoring that community tips could be crucial in identifying the person responsible and securing an arrest in the case.
