COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Three people died and three others were wounded in an early morning shooting in Ohio\u2019s capital over the weekend, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Columbus police said the shooting was reported shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday in the Italian Village neighborhood north of downtown, with what may have been semi-automatic or automatic gunfire and cars \u201ctaking off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Chief Gregory Bodker told reporters that officers arriving two minutes later found a \u201cvery chaotic scene\u201d with six people shot. Two men were pronounced dead at the scene, and a third man died at a hospital, police said. They were identified later Saturday as 27-year-old Malachi Pee, 26-year-old Garcia Dixon Jr. and 18-year-old Da\u2019ondre Bullock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three other people were taken to hospitals, where one was in critical condition and two others were stable, Bodker said. Police said all were expected to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators are talking to several witnesses who were cooperating, Bodker said. There is a bar on the corner nearby, but it wasn\u2019t immediately known whether anyone involved had been a patron of the establishment, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No suspects were immediately identified. The motive for the shooting wasn\u2019t immediately known, and it was unclear how many people were involved, Bodker said. The Franklin County sheriff\u2019s office was using a drone to help document the large crime scene, where police were collecting evidence and video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n