Thursday, August 30, 2012

Columbus Dispatch - Former tenant charged in killing of woman in Victorian Village




A tenant of a woman who was shot and killed at her Victorian Village home last night is being sought for her slaying. 

Columbus police issued a murder warrant today for Jason L. Stubbs, 35. According to court records, he lived at 1177 Highland St. with Carolyn Cummins, who owned the house. 

Cummins, 73, was found shot in her basement about 9 p.m. and died a short time later. A man made the 911 call to police, and witnesses said they saw a man run from the house about that time. 

Cummins often allowed people to stay at her house, near 4th Avenue, and she paid people to do errands and tasks. She was apparently seeking a tenant for the detached apartment in her back yard, according to a handmade sign posted out front. 

Neighbors said police were frequently called to the house for disturbances. According to police records, officers were called by Cummins at least 49 times since 2004, for trespassing, burglary, theft, assault and damaging charges. 

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Stubbs is asked to call the homicide squad at 614-645-4730. 

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