Multiple people shot to death in rural Ohio
Posted Apr 22, 2016 10:40:46 AM.
Last Updated Apr 22, 2016 04:09:03 PM.
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CINCINNATI – Authorities say at least seven people are dead in what they’re calling “execution-style killings” in three homes along a rural Ohio road.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader said Friday that all the victims are believed to be members of the same family. They say the victims are believed to be five adults and two kids. All were shot to death.
They say there is not an active shooter and no arrests have been made.
Authorities are trying to determine a motive, identify the deceased and determine if the killer or killers are among the deceased individuals or on the loose.
Attorney General Mike DeWine has scheduled a news conference for 4 p.m. to provide updated information on the deaths.
Pike County is in a predominantly rural Appalachian Mountain region some 80 miles east of Cincinnati.
