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May 11, 2021
FAIRFIELD, Ohio (AP) A detective with an Ohio county sheriff’s office shot a person armed with a handgun, but the person is expected to survive, authorities said.
The Butler County sheriff’s office said detectives were serving a search warrant at a Ross Township residence at about 12:30 p.m. Monday and encountered a man who authorities allege pointed a handgun at them.
Officials said a detective fired his weapon, hitting the person in the chest. Detectives and a life squad called to the scene administered life-saving measures and the person was taken to Fort Hamilton Hughes Hospital with injuries said not to be life-threatening, authorities said.
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Police have identified a 26-year-old man shot by a Butler County Sheriff s deputy in Ross Township Monday.
Alex Hoskins was brandishing a firearm, according to the Butler County Sheriff s Office release. He was treated and released from Fort Hamilton Hospital. The sheriff s office has Hoskins in custody.
Officials said they were executing a search warrant when the man was shot. Police said in the release that Hoskins believed he was under investigation, and that he bought a firearm in preparation for a confrontation with police.
Police said Hoskins admitted to possessing, sending, and receiving child pornography. He was charged with felonious assault, and three counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material/performance.
Whitehall police said Tuesday that a shooting that left two men dead at an apartment complex is believed to have been a murder-suicide involving two residents who didn t get along.
Michael Haycook, 60, was found fatally shot inside one of the apartments in the small, approximately 10-unit apartment building on the 800 block of Bernhard Road, police said.
The door to an apartment two doors away from Haycook s was barricaded. Officers were able to see through a window and saw 36-year-old Roderick Moon down on the floor.
Once police gained entry, Moon was found dead from what Whitehall investigators say appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. There were two firearms found near him.
By - Associated Press - Monday, May 10, 2021
FAIRFIELD, Ohio (AP) - A detective with an Ohio county sheriff’s office shot a person armed with a handgun, but the person is expected to survive, authorities said.
The Butler County sheriff’s office said detectives were serving a search warrant at a Ross Township residence at about 12:30 p.m. Monday and encountered a man who authorities allege pointed a handgun at them.
Officials said a detective fired his weapon, hitting the person in the chest. Detectives and a life squad called to the scene administered life-saving measures and the person was taken to Fort Hamilton Hughes Hospital with injuries said not to be life-threatening, authorities said.