Alleged Columbus Shooter No Longer Eludes Capture

Ozie Mitchell Brime was arrested this morning on the north east side of Columbus by the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST). SOFAST is a team of law enforcement officers led by the United States Marshals Service . Brime was arrested after a forced entry at 1877 Aberdeen Avenue in Columbus after which he was found hiding in a second story bedroom.

Brime was indicted in early April for allegedly firing multiple shots from a firearm at an occupied vehicle at the corner of Windsor and Cleveland in Columbus. The vehicle was struck by bullets shattering windows, however the two victims inside managed to flee on foot and neither suffered serious injury. Brime was charged with multiple counts of felonious assault. “SOFAST made this fugitive a priority because of the violent disregard of life alleged in the indictment. This guy had to be taken off the streets before he could hurt someone else”, said U. S. Marshal Jim Wahlrab.

SOFAST is a force multiplier comprised of law enforcement officers from the Columbus Police Department, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, the Ross County Sheriff’s Department, the Ohio Adult Parole Authority, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification, the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, the Whitehall Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service. The task force objective is to arrest dangerous fugitives. Last year, U.S. Marshals task forces throughout the United States arrested more than 27,000 state and local fugitives on felony charges.

The U.S. Marshals Service was America’s first federal law enforcement agency and each year arrests more fugitives than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined.