Officials ID man and deputy shot in Fayette County hotel fight

A Columbus man was fatally shot early Sunday morning after he pulled out a gun and fired at Fayette County deputies as they tried to arrest him at a hotel,the sheriff’s office said Wednesday.

Eric Jamar Lupain Stromer, 22, who lived on the Near East Side, was pronounced dead at the Quality Inn/ AmeriHost at 10160 Carr Road, near the Route 41 exit off Interstate 71.

Sgt. Todd Oesterle of the Fayette County sheriff’s office was wounded in the gunfire exchange and taken by medical helicopter to a Columbus hospital, a sheriff’s office release said. Oesterle has been released from the hospital but has not returned to duty, said Chief Deputy Andy Bivens.

Oesterle and Deputy Jason Havens both fired their weapons at Stromer, the release said. It didn’t say who hit Stromer or how many times he was shot.

The following account was given by the sheriff’s office in a news release Wednesday:

Deputies responded at 12:43 a.m. Sunday to a disturbance call involving several parties at the hotel. That disturbance was quelled and the two deputies were about to leave when the situation reignited.

Stromer was arrested by deputies and in the process of being secured when a woman, identified as Elissa Deja Garrison, 21, of Columbus, interfered.

When one of the deputies fired a Taser at Garrison to bring her under control, Stromer pulled out a gun, shooting Oesterle.Both deputies returned fire, killing Stromer. The sheriff’s office didn’t say where Oesterle was hit. Havens wasn’t injured.

Garrison, who has lived in the University District, was charged with complicity to felonious assault and obstructing official business. She is being held on $125,000 bond in the Fayette County jail.

The Franklin County sheriff’s office and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation have been called in to investigate the incident.