Columbus police arrest Aaron Carson in fatal Christmas Day shooting
Columbus police have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting another man on Christmas Day, according to court records.
Aaron Carson, 34, of the South Side, is charged with murder in the Dec. 25 death of 30-year-old Demetris Mitchell.
According to Franklin County Municipal Court records, Carson and a woman had been at an apartment on the 1700 block of East Weber Road. Video footage from the area shows Mitchell knocking on the apartment door and getting into an argument with Carson.
The footage shows Mitchell walking away before turning around and showing a gun that Mitchell then put back in his pocket as he walked away, court records say.
Additional footage from the area shows Carson and Rogers get out of a car and go toward the apartments when Mitchell and Carson get into another verbal argument. Carson and Rogers went back to the car, court records say, while Mitchell went into one of the apartments.
The video shows Carson pulling the vehicle up to the front of the apartments and waiting for Mitchell to come outside, according to court records. Carson moved the vehicle into an alley and spoke to Mitchell again, court records say, before Mitchell walks away in the direction of the apartment he had left.
Around 9:40 a.m., Carson is seen on video pulling out a gun, firing multiple shots out of the driver's door window and driving away with the woman in the passenger seat. Mitchell was struck but was able to run a short distance.
He was taken to an area hospital and died less than an hour later from his injuries.
According to court records, detectives were able to identify Carson after witnesses provided his nickname, "Yellow," in interviews.
The woman and another man who was in the car at the time of the shooting do not have any charges filed against them in connection with the shooting as of May 15.
Carson is being held in the Franklin County jail.
Reporter Bethany Bruner can be reached at bbruner@gannett.com or on Bluesky at @bethanybruner.dispatch.com.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus police arrest suspect in fatal Christmas Day shooting
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