A South Linden man has been charged with felonious assault, accused of shooting a 15-year-old boy in the chest as he walked home from a Linden-McKinley High School football game last Friday night. A 14-year-old girl also was struck in the leg in the shooting, but no charges have been filed yet in connection with her injury. The shooting occurred about 9:50 p.m. in the 1500 block of Kohr Place. Columbus police detectives arrested Malyk Dumas, 19, of Peekskill Drive, late Tuesday. He remained in the Franklin County jail on Wednesday.

A South Linden man has been charged with felonious assault, accused of shooting a 15-year-old boy in the chest as he walked home from a Linden-McKinley High School football game last Friday night.

A 14-year-old girl also was struck in the leg in the shooting, but no charges have been filed yet in connection with her injury. The shooting occurred about 9:50 p.m. in the 1500 block of Kohr Place.

Columbus police detectives arrested Malyk Dumas, 19, of Peekskill Drive, late Tuesday. He remained in the Franklin County jail on Wednesday.

On the night of the shooting, Dumas had shown up at a local hospital with a minor gunshot wound in his leg, police said. The 15-year-old boy who was shot identified Dumas as the person who shot him from a photo array.

During an interview with assault squad detectives, Dumas admitted to the shooting, according to a news release from Columbus police.

Detective Matthew Liford, who is handling the case, refused to release the names of the teens who were shot. He also wouldn't release details about their conditions and wouldn't say how Dumas was shot in his leg.

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