Murder Suspect Bonded After Fatal Shooting

COLUMBUS, Ohio—A murder suspect received his bond hearing Monday after a homicide Sunday.

NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.

Nelson Romine Jr.’s bond was set at $100,000 Monday in Franklin County municipal arraignment court.

He was arraigned on murder charges.

Detectives arrested 26-year-old Romine for the murder of 34-year-old A. Kenneth Jackson Sunday morning. 

Columbus police said Jackson was fatally shot in a parking lot early Sunday.

The incident happened shortly before 2:39 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Joyce Avenue on the city’s North Side.

Jackson was found in a parking lot on Joyce Avenue around 2:45 early Sunday morning. 

In a release issued by detectives, the investigation found that Romine was upset out of a possible theft incident and was pointing a handgun at several people in the parking lot on Joyce Avenue. When Romine was pointing the gun at a random male in the group, Jackson approached to help the man. Romine shot Jackson one time in the stomach. 

Jackson later died at Grant Medical Center as a result of his injuries.

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