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Ohio shootings: Eight members of Rhoden family killed in Pike County | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
At least eight people have been killed in "execution-style" killings in four separate homes in rural Ohio. | |
It is believed the victims - seven adults and one teenager - are from the same family, the state's attorney general said in a statement. | It is believed the victims - seven adults and one teenager - are from the same family, the state's attorney general said in a statement. |
They were all shot in the head and police are still searching for the attacker, or attackers. | |
More than a dozen officials from multiple agencies were sent to crime scenes in Piketon, south of Columbus. | More than a dozen officials from multiple agencies were sent to crime scenes in Piketon, south of Columbus. |
A pastor at the scene said the violence may have been the result of a "domestic situation". | A pastor at the scene said the violence may have been the result of a "domestic situation". |
All of the victims are members of a family called Rhoden, said Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader. | All of the victims are members of a family called Rhoden, said Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader. |
They were all found in homes along Union Hill Road in Pike County. The Pike County Sheriff said there are four active crime scenes spanning about 30 miles (48km). | |
Some of the victims appeared to have been shot as they slept, police said, including a mother in bed with her four-day-old baby close by. | |
Three children, including the infant, survived the shootings. The boy who was killed was 16 years old. | |
"There is a strong possibility that any individual involved in this is armed and incredibly dangerous," Mr Reader said. | "There is a strong possibility that any individual involved in this is armed and incredibly dangerous," Mr Reader said. |
Police have not determined a motive or officially identified the dead. They say none of the deaths appeared to be self-inflicted and they believe those responsible are still at large. | |
Ohio Governor John Kasich has promised that those responsible will be found. | |
"We'll find them, we'll catch them and they'll be brought to justice,'' he said, while campaigning in Connecticut for his Republican presidential bid. | |
Sheriff Charles Reader said he would "suspect the family was being targeted". He said he had met about 100 relatives of the victims at a church and they were being offered protection. | |
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said it was "hard to believe" someone could kill a mother with her baby sleeping nearby. | |
Authorities are urging residents of the county to come forward with any information they might have. | |