A 40-year-old man is dead after a stabbing on Columbus’s North Side early Sunday, and Columbus police say the man accused of killing him was arrested hours later in Logan, in southeast Ohio.
Columbus Division of Police officers responded to the area of Cleveland Avenue and Reynolds Avenue around 12:35 a.m. Sunday on a report of a stabbing. They found Brandon Parsons, 40, who had been stabbed. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died at 1:15 a.m., according to a police news release.
Investigators charged Jacob Iams, 43, with murder in connection with the killing, court records show. Police took Iams into custody around 11:35 a.m. Sunday in Logan, about 50 miles southeast of Columbus in Hocking County. Police have not yet released details about what led to the stabbing or how detectives located the suspect.
The killing was one of several violent incidents Columbus police handled overnight. Authorities have not said whether the stabbing is connected to any other incident from the same evening.
Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477. Tipsters can remain anonymous.