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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 6

Ohio Shooting Kills 4, Including 54-Year-Old Officer, as 4 Other Officers Are Wounded

Updated

Updated · The New York Times · Jul 6

Ohio Shooting Kills 4, Including 54-Year-Old Officer, as 4 Other Officers Are Wounded

Q: What was the relationship between the Ohio shooter and the mother and daughter he killed before ambushing police?

It has not been publicly established in the available reporting what Brandon Fazekas’ exact relationship was to Christine McWilliams and her 13-year-old daughter, McKinley Williams. The confirmed facts are that Fazekas, 38, McWilliams, 43, and McKinley were all found dead at the Chippewa Trail home in Rittman after the shooting, and authorities have identified the women and girl as homicide victims while Fazekas’ death was ruled consistent with suicide. Sgt. Scott Ries was then killed after officers responding to the scene came under fire. Because officials have not publicly described Fazekas as a husband, boyfriend, relative, or other specific connection in the reporting provided, any characterization beyond that would be speculative. The circumstances suggest he was connected to the household or incident at the residence, but investigators had not, at the time of the cited reports, released a defined relationship.

3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 6

Four people died in Rittman, Ohio, after officers responding to a 10 p.m. call about a break-in and shots fired came under immediate gunfire.
54-year-old Sgt. Scott Ries of the Rittman Police Department was killed, and authorities said suspected shooter Brandon Fazekas, 39, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene.
Christine McWilliams, 44, and her daughter McKinley McWilliams, 13, were also pronounced dead, while three Medina County officers and one Hinckley officer were injured.
Two wounded officers were treated at the scene and two were hospitalized in stable condition; a Wayne County police dog was also shot.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is leading the officer-involved shooting probe as local agencies have released few details on what triggered the attack.