Former Ohio State football player Derrick Foster was charged with shooting two Columbus police officers Wednesday night.
Foster, 38, and Michael T. Gravely, 19, are charged with two counts of felonious assault and two counts of attempted murder for the shootings of Officers John Gillis, 48, and Anthony Garrison, 44, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
One officer was shot twice in the arm and once in the hip and the other was shot in the leg, said Jim Gilbert, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge No. 9 to a Columbus Dispatch reporter. The officers remained at Grant Medical Center last night and their conditions this morning were not critical.
The officers were conducting a drug raid around 9:45 p.m. at a house at 1781 E. Rich St., between Fairwood and Rhoads avenues when they were shot.
Foster played defensive end for OSU from 1989 to 1992. He attended high school in Dayton and worked as a code-enforcement supervisor in Columbus' Development Department.
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WTF Man
posted 5/03/08 @ 5:59 AM EST
I feel for Officer Gillis and Officer Garrison, their families, and their colleagues. I wish for their speedy recovery and return to duty.
Now, why is the fact that Foster played for OSU fifteen years ago relevant to this story? Is that a pivotal aspect? Who cares?
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