Breaking: Police shoot dead suspect armed with knives near RNC – sources | 16 July 2024 | One person is dead after a Columbus, Ohio, police officer helping out with security at the Republican National Convention shot a suspicious person near the GOP event’s headquarters. A witness at the scene told The Post that the man was wielding two knives, swinging them toward police just before the fatal shooting. The victim’s brother told The Post that the man was homeless. It comes just three days after former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated in a shooting on Saturday.