There is no suspect information at this time.
Officers were called to East Whittier Street and Parsons Avenue on March 29 after receiving a complaint about an incident in the area. When they arrived, they found a man, later identified as 61-year-old Dwayne Dowdell, unconscious and bleeding from the head. Dowdell was taken to a hospital and died the next day.
Police were originally investigating the incident as a felonious assault, but it was changed to a homicide investigation. Detectives identified 35-year-old Joshua Hunt as a suspect in the case. A warrant was filed for his arrest on Monday and he was arrested on Wednesday.Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Columbus Police's Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS .
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