Local authorities say the mosque was not the target of the attack.
Published on October 19, 2026
At least one person has been killed in a shooting near a mosque in Columbus, Ohio in the United States, according to police.
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Columbus, Ohio, initially said its agents were “responding to a reported shooting at a mosque in the 2200 block of Albert Avenue.”
However, local police later said the shooting took place near the mosque, but that the establishment was not targeted.
“We want to make it clear that this was not an attack on the mosque,” Sergeant James Fuqua said, according to the Associated Press.
He said the shooting stemmed from an argument in a building co-located with the mosque.
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