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A man suspected of a Columbus, Ohio, robbery returned to the crime scene to ask the victim for a date, police said. Stephfon Bennett, 20, was allegedly one of three men who robbed Daniel Martinez Batista and Diana Martinez in a North Side apartment parking lot at 10:40 p.m. Saturday, police said. The robbers, who took Batista's wallet and Martinez's purse, fled when neighbors threatened them, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Less than two hours later, police said, Bennett returned to...

COLUMBUS, Ga. _ Charles Johnston, the suspect in Doctors Hospital shooting, has been released from The Medical Center and charged with multiple offenses, including three counts of murder and four counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer. Police said Johnston entered the hospital Thursday afternoon, armed with three guns, and shot and killed two hospital employees and a truck driver in the parking lot, before a Columbus police officer shot him in the upper shoulder. Johnston was...