A police sergeant responding to a 911 call about a break-in and gunshots at an Ohio home was fatally shot, and the suspect and two other people also died, authorities said.
Incident Details
Four other officers and a police dog were hurt following the shooting Sunday night in Rittman, about 40 miles south of Cleveland, authorities said.
Sgt. Scott Ries, a 10-year veteran of the Rittman Police Department, was killed, the statement said.
The names of the suspect and the others who died, as well as the circumstances of their deaths, were not released. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives posted online that the suspect’s former partner and her child died.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday ordered that U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff at all public buildings and grounds throughout Wayne County, the Ohio Statehouse and two other state buildings.
Original reporting: WTVQ (Lexington) — read the source article.
