Conflicting Reports In Comfest Stabbing

COLUMBUS, Ohio —Conflicting reports are being made as to how an 18-year-old male died at Comfest this weekend.

NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.

Columbus police were dispatched to Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale St., on a disturbance call at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

Officers saw two people: One was covered in blood. The second was spotted near the first, blood-covered person, according to CPD Sgt. Rich Weiner. The second person was held for questioning.

A knife was recovered, and witnesses also were questioned, Weiner said.

Victim Bryan Barbin, 18, suffered four to five stab wounds and died from his injuries early Sunday at Grant Medical Center.

Officers questioned a suspect a short time after the incident, according to Columbus police radio dispatchers. As of late Sunday, though, no charges or arrests had been made.

A Columbus police officer spoke to NBC 4‘s Matt Alvarez in an off-camera interview at 5 p.m. Sunday and told him the victim’s stab wounds were self-inflicted.

CPD officials told NBC 4 the incident remained under investigation and detectives were not sure how the stabbing happened.

CPD continued to question witnesses.

An autopsy has been scheduled.

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