Columbus police have pressed charges against a woman from the Cleveland area for the fatal shooting of another woman in the Hilltop area in May. The suspect, Nachyla Halton, aged 19 and hailing from South Euclid, Ohio, has been accused of murder in connection with the death of 19-year-old Jazmine Chester. The city homicide detectives made this announcement on Monday. Presently, Halton is in custody at Cuyahoga County Jail, facing several charges related to firearms possession.
According to court records, on May 19 around 2:10 a.m., Halton and Chester entered an apartment at the 3600 block of Briggs Road. Halton was seen carrying a bag as she entered the building, and over an hour later, she exited the building alone with the same bag. Detectives state that Halton then left the apartment in her vehicle. In the days that followed, Chester's family and friends were unable to reach her. It wasn't until the following weekend that Chester's father picked up her 2-year-old son from a babysitter, indicating something was wrong.
Upon filing a missing persons report, authorities discovered Chester deceased in her home, having suffered a gunshot wound to the face. Following an investigation, Halton was identified as a suspect. During her interview in the Cuyahoga County Jail, where she had already been detained on unrelated misdemeanor firearms charges since her July arrest, Halton denied being in Columbus at the time of Chester's death. Detectives later obtained a murder warrant for her arrest.
In another unrelated incident, Columbus police have apprehended 18-year-old Roshawn Adkins, who was taken into custody by SWAT officers on a murder warrant. This arrest was made in connection with the shooting death of 15-year-old Lovely Kendricks, which occurred on October 10. The shooting took place during an after-school altercation among teenagers at Franklin Park in the 1700 block of East Broad Street. Kendricks, a member of the East High School cheer squad, was critically injured and later succumbed to her injuries at a local hospital.
Homicide detectives secured the arrest warrant for Adkins after conducting an investigation that included witness interviews. Presently, Adkins is being held in the Franklin County jail.
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