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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Accused Columbus Shooter To Plead Guilty

A man accused of killing three people in a shooting rampage at a Columbus hospital in March 2008 is expected to plead guilty. Charles Johnston is on today’s guilty plea docket in Superior Court.

The 64-year-old Johnston was accused of entering the hospital on March 27, 2008 and killing three people, including an administrative assistant, nurse Pete Wright, and a 76-year-old patient.

Police say Johnston had a grudge against a nurse he believed was responsible for the 2004 death of his mother and mistakenly thought Wright was that nurse.

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