One arrested, one at large following fatal traffic accident, alleged robbery

COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH )  – One of two suspects is in custody following an arrest in connection to an August homicide in east Columbus.

A Columbus SWAT unit arrested 22-year-old Dewarin Powell Thursday night. Powell is charged with the murder of 27-year-old Remarcus Smith-Heagler, who was suffering from a gunshot wound in the 5000 block of Cedar Drive in the Pine Hills neighborhood.

Police said Smith-Heagler was seated in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that had been involved in a traffic accident, which occurred as he was reportedly fleeing a drug-deal gone wrong. Witnesses told police that Powell and 29-year-old Shavez Hargrave attempted to rob Smith-Heagler and shot him while he was trying to escape.

Smith-Heagler then crashed his car about a block up the road. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition but was pronounced dead two days later .

Powell was taken to Franklin County Jail and is scheduled to appear in Franklin County Municipal Court Saturday morning.

Hargrave remains at large and is wanted for murder. Police ask that anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Hargrave to contact the Homicide Unit at (614) 645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477).

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