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Former Ohio State RB Jordan Hall Charged in Gas-Station Assault Ahead of Arraignment Today

Police cite surveillance video of a violent attack that prompted homicide detectives to take over.

Overview

  • Hall, 34, is charged with one count of felonious assault, a second-degree felony, according to Franklin County court records.
  • Officers responded around 1 a.m. Saturday to a Speedway on West Fifth Avenue and found a man unconscious with blunt-force trauma.
  • Investigators say video shows Hall dragging the victim from a rear passenger seat and punching him multiple times before returning to strike him again.
  • The victim was transported in critical condition to Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and the homicide unit is investigating due to the severity of injuries.
  • Hall, a former Buckeyes running back from 2009 to 2013, is being held ahead of his initial court appearance.