COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- One person is dead and multiple others are in custody after a shooting involving officers responding to an attempted robbery in a north Columbus neighborhood.

A Columbus police spokesperson said officers patrolling the North High Street and East 9th Avenue in the University District responded to a robbery call at 3:26 a.m. Sunday. Two people told officers that a man approached them with a firearm.

Officers saw a man that fit the suspect's description on North High Street and as they attempted to stop him, the suspect began to run away. An officer fired at the suspect several times during the brief chase and hit the suspect. A Columbus police spokesperson said that during the chase, the officer that fired gunshots was told the suspect was carrying a firearm.

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