Kansas
A suspect in the shooting deaths of 4 people in Ohio was captured in Kansas
Stephen Marlow was taken into custody Saturday night time by police in Lawrence, Kansas, Butler Township Police Chief John Porter stated at a press convention. Marlow is needed in reference to the Friday shootings in Butler Township, a small city north of Dayton
Authorities didn’t present further particulars on his arrest or the investigation. The arrest comes a day after the victims had been discovered at a number of crime scenes. A motive for the shootings remains to be unclear.
Authorities had described Marlow as probably armed and harmful.
“Stephen Marlow stays the first suspect,” Butler Township Police stated in a Fb assertion Saturday. “Now we have no present data to make us consider others had been concerned in these horrific acts.”
“Following the shootings, it seems Stephen Marlow drove to Interstate 70 and headed west,” the assertion added. “Presently, we consider that he has left Ohio. Regulation enforcement businesses in a number of states have been made conscious of this and are on excessive alert.”
Butler Township is about 640 miles from Lawrence, Kansas.
Police responded to a report of pictures fired simply earlier than midday Friday, Porter stated, and the 4 victims died on the scenes.
“That is the primary violent crime on this neighborhood in current reminiscence,” Porter stated. “We’re working to find out if there was any motive to this horrible tragedy or if psychological sickness performed any position.”
“I’d have by no means, even on this neighborhood, I’d by no means count on something, by no means,” Chapman instructed the Dayton station.
Butler Township is a city of just below 8,000 residents 9 miles north of Dayton.