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Seth Burdette
Status: HOMICIDE
City: Portsmouth
State: Ohio
Date of birth: December 6, 1980
Date of death: December 9, 2017
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Race: African American/Black
Cause of death: Gun Firearm
Anniversary month: December
LEA: Portsmouth Police Department
Case Description
On December 9th, 2017 Seth Burdette was shot at the Columbia Music Hall in Portsmouth, Ohio and taken to St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington where he was pronounced dead. Portsmouth Police say officers who were working a security detail noticed people running out of the Columbia Music Hall just before 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9. A shooting occurred at about 2:30 a.m. at the Columbia Theatre Bar in the 800 block of Gallia Street in Portsmouth.
Police said the investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call the Portsmouth Police Detective Division at 740-354-1600 or 740-353-4101 or Southern Ohio Crime Stoppers at 740-773-TIPS
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