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- Local media reported at least one person dead following the incident.
- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed they are monitoring the situation.
Updated 19 October 2026 23:16
WASHINGTON: Federal agents responded to a reported shooting Monday near a mosque in Columbus, Ohio, US authorities said, as local media reported at least one person was dead.
“Additional information will be shared as it becomes available,” the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’s office in Columbus wrote on X.
Local media, citing police, said that one person was pronounced dead just after 2:00 p.m. (1800 GMT) and another victim was located, but their condition was not disclosed.
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