COLUMBUS – A Franklin County sheriff’s deputy arrested an armed robbery suspect who had fired shots at his would-be victim and at a cruiser when authorities tried to arrest him.
A deputy who was searching for a man who was seen breaking into a pickup truck on the Far West Side Saturday morning confronted Scott Kimberling near Westland Mall, Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin said.
Kimberling was carrying a firearm, which he dropped when ordered to by the deputy, who then arrested the 31-year-old man, Baldwin said
Kimberling was charged with three counts of felonious assault and aggravated robbery and is in the Franklin County Jail, Baldwin said.
A caller to 911 at about 7:20 Saturday morning reported that a man had tried to break into the caller’s pickup truck on Leesburg Court and had fired a shot at the caller when the caller confronted the suspect, Baldwin said.
When deputies responded to the scene, Baldwin says Kimberling fired at a marked cruiser, hitting it multiple times, and fled on foot.
He was spotted just before 8:10 a.m. and identified by the victim as the man who broke into his truck and fired the gunshots, Baldwin said.