6 Shot in Ohio at Event Celebrating Life of Deceased Person; 2 in Custody, Gov. DeWine Says
On 6/2/21 at 11:46 AM EDT
Six people are in the hospital after a shooting Wednesday morning in Springfield, Ohio during a celebration of life, Ohio State Highway Patrol reported. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said two people are in custody.
Springfield Police Division Lt. Randall Ballentine said police had received reports around 1:48 a.m. Wednesday of multiple gunshots in the 1900 block of South Yellow Springs Street.
Police received more reports that multiple people had been shot while emergency crews were on the way, Ballentine said.
DeWine spoke about the shooting during a video conference before signing a bill that would provide assistance to schools and other organizations due the coronavirus pandemic,
JACKSON – A Wheelersburg man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Jackson County Pr
Man blinded by bean bag during Cleveland racial protest sues
By Mark Gillispie - Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) A man hit in the face with a bean bag that left him blind in one eye during a racial injustice protest in downtown Cleveland a year ago has sued the sheriff’s deputy who shot him.
Attorneys for John Sanders, 25, of Sandusky, filed the complaint in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Saturday, the day before the one-year anniversary of a Black Lives Matter protest organized in the wake of George Floyd’s slaying in Minneapolis.
“The injuries inflicted upon Sanders were part and parcel of a long history of inhumane treatment of citizens” by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office, the lawsuit said.