 This is Washington's Top News. WTOP News. Facts Matter. Five out-of-town officers sent to help secure this week at the Republican National Convention are now part of an investigation this morning into the shooting of a homeless man. Five Columbus, Ohio, bicycle police officers were in their assigned zone about a mile from the RNC venue when they saw two men fighting in a park. One was holding a knife in each hand. The officers told him to drop the knives.