Ohio man arrested after Amazon driver shot while leaving his property: Court records
A Columbus, Ohio man suspected of shooting an Amazon driver with birdshot after he had delivered a package at the man's residence appeared in court Tuesday morning, two days after his arrest.
Keith W. Grubb, 59, faces one charge of felonious assault after Franklin County sheriff's deputies arrested him Sunday. Grubb appeared Tuesday morning in Franklin County Municipal Court and is due back in court on June 28, according to an online court docket.
Detectives identified Grubb in court documents as the man accused of shooting and injuring an Amazon delivery driver in the early hours of Sunday morning. A spokeswoman for Amazon told USA TODAY that the driver was not an employee but an independent contractor with Amazon known as a Flex delivery partner.
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"We're deeply concerned by the incident involving our delivery partner and are grateful he’s home and recovering. We'll continue cooperating with authorities as they investigate," Amazon spokeswoman Alisa Carroll said in a statement provided to USA TODAY.
The driver had delivered a package at 4:42 a.m. to Grubb's residence in Grove City, a suburb of Columbus located to the southwest of the city. As he was walking back to his vehicle, a man wielding a shotgun loaded with bird shot, identified as Grubb, emerged from the home and fired at the deliveryman, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The special ammunition, which uses smaller pellets in each shell, has a wider ranger of impact but inflicts less damage than a typical shotgun shell. The Amazon driver sustained injuries to his face and ribcage, and his vehicle was also damaged, according to court records.
Contrary to what court records state, Carroll said the vehicle was not an Amazon vehicle, but the driver's personal automobile that he was using to make deliveries.
Grubb's attorney declined to comment Tuesday when reached by USA TODAY.
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