Toddler killed, 2 adults wounded in Lorain
A shooting in Lorain, west of Cleveland, left a toddler dead and two adults wounded about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.
A man wearing a mask shot 2-yearold Kamily Patterson, a 20-year-old man and a 62-year-old woman, police said. All three victims were taken to a hospital, where the child died a short time later.
The two adults were being treated for undisclosed injuries, and further details on their conditions were not released. It's not clear if the child and the adults were related.
The gunman fled and remains at large, police said. A motive for the shooting remains under investigation.
Man, toddler found dead by Akron road
Grieving family members lit candles Monday under the shade of an oak branch in the 400 block of Crouse
Street in Akron, where neighbors had discovered the lifeless body of 2-yearold Azeria Tucker about 10 a.m. Sunday.
Yellow markings from the police investigation indicated tire tracks stretching toward the back of a gravel driveway between two residential buildings. They led to where the body of Azeria’s father, Horace Lee, was recovered a few yards away from his daughter’s.
Neither father nor daughter lived on the street. Their loved ones are struggling to make sense of how they ended up there and who is responsible for the senseless killings.
Akron police believe they were intentionally struck by a vehicle, leading to their deaths. The case is now being investigated as a homicide.
Ohio trucker charged in crash killing 4 kids
A semitrailer was going 72 mph when it crashed into a car slowing for an Indiana highway construction zone, killing four young siblings, authorities said.
The truck's driver, Corey R. Withrow, 31, of Camden, Ohio, has been charged by Wayne County, Indiana, prosecutors with felony counts of driving while intoxicated causing death and reckless homicide for Thursday’s deadly crash on Interstate 70 in eastern Indiana.
A state trooper who evaluated Withrow determined he was under the influence of cannabis and a strong central nervous system stimulant, making him unable to safely drive, according to charging documents.
The car was pushed into another semitrailer and burst into flames. A passerby was able to pull the car’s driver, Aaron Bruce, 34, of Kansas City, Missouri, from the vehicle and he was taken to an Indianapolis hospital with severe injuries.
Those killed in the crash were identified as Anesa Noel Acosta, 15; Quintin Michael Mcgowan, 13; Brekkin Riley Bruce, 8; and Trentin Beau Bruce, 6. Aaron Bruce is the father of the two younger children and stepfather of the two others, state police spokesman Sgt. John Bowling said.
Police: Botched robbery led to Lockland killing
Donna Sparks and George Davis have been indicted in connection with a May homicide in Lockland that police said was the result of “a botched robbery led by a prostitute who was a paid acquaintance of the victim."
Lockland officers responded to reports of shots fired about 2:30 a.m. on May 10 and found Mohamed Ndiaye, 42, shot dead in front of a house in the 300 block of South Wayne Avenue.
Indictments were announced Friday afternoon in a news release by Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil and Lockland Police Chief James Toles in cooperation with Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters.
Davis, 32, was charged with two counts of felony promoting prostitution and Sparks, 26, of Fairfield, is charged with two counts of murder, one count of felony assault and one count of aggravated robbery.
From wire reports