Suspect in Ohio shootings that left 4 dead captured in Kansas

A person wished in reference to the capturing deaths of 4 folks in an Ohio neighborhood on Friday has been captured in Kansas, authorities introduced Saturday. 

Police in Montgomery County’s Butler Township, north of Dayton, stated officers have been known as to the world shortly earlier than midday Friday on a report of pictures fired. Butler Township Police Chief John Porter stated 4 victims with gunshot wounds have been discovered at “multiple crime scenes” and all have been pronounced dead on the scene.

Police stated they have been searching for 39-year-old Stephen Marlow, who was believed to have fled the world in a white 2007 Ford Edge. The FBI placed Marlow on its Most Wanted listing early Saturday, stating that he has ties to Indianapolis, Chicago, and Lexington, Kentucky. His final identified deal with was in Dayton, the FBI stated. 

Porter confirmed in a news briefing Saturday night time that Marlow was captured in Lawrence, Kansas, which is about 600 miles west of Butler Township. He didn’t present any particulars on how Marlow was apprehended.

“We do want to thank the general public for all their assistance,” Porter stated. 

The names of the victims have not but been launched and Porter stated it wasn’t instantly clear what led to the capturing.

“We are working to determine if there is any motive to this horrible tragedy or if mental illness played any role,” Porter stated in a news convention Friday. He known as the capturing “the first violent crime in this neighborhood in recent memory.”

The Dayton Daily News experiences that Marlow had gotten off probation in February on aggravated housebreaking and aggravated menacing expenses stemming from a July 2019 incident in the Dayton suburb of Vandalia, in line with Montgomery County courtroom information.

Vandalia closed various public areas Saturday as a precaution following the capturing, together with the recreation middle, Cassel Hills golf course and pool and the town’s senior residents middle, the paper reported.

Court paperwork do not listing an lawyer representing Marlow; a message searching for remark was left Saturday at a quantity listed in his title.