RITTMAN, Ohio — Four people are dead, including a police officer, a suspect, and a mother and daughter, after a shooting in northeast Ohio overnight into Monday morning.
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Wayne County Sheriff Tom Ballinger confirmed to our CBS affiliate WOIO-19 that around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, dispatch received a 911 call reporting shots fired.
Officers responded to the area around Metzger Avenue and Saurer Street in Rittman and immediately started taking fire, according to the sheriff.
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Rittman police have identified the deceased officer as Sgt. Scott Ries, a 10-year-veteran of the department.
The sheriff told WOIO-19 that the two other victims were a mother and her 13-year-old daughter. Their names have not yet been released.
The sheriff said the suspect is also dead.
Four additional responding officers, all from the Medina County Sheriff’s Office, were struck by gunfire.
According to a joint statement from Rittman Police Chief Robert Shows, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office and Medina County Sheriff Terry Grice, two of the officers who were taken to a local hospital for treatment are stable.
The two other officers were treated at the scene and released.
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office K9 Vick was struck by gunfire and remains in serious condition at a local animal hospital.
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the scene, including the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI).
Ohio BCI is taking the lead on the investigation.
News Center 7 will continue following this story.
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