Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton suddenly retires.

July 11, 2022 Rion Young

*post from WCBI’s Facebook page*

“BREAKING: The Columbus City Council has unanimously decided to accept the retirement of Police Chief Fred Shelton.”

*About an hour beforehand WCBI posted this*

“Breaking: Sources tell WCBI that Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton informed officers this morning he intends to resign next month.
The Columbus city council is meeting at 10 AM to discuss Shelton’s future at the department. We will have more today on WCBI News MidDay.”

More details will be provided later.