BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) - The Latest on a deputy killed after standoff (all times local):
2:40 p.m.
Court records show a man accused of fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy and wounding another deputy during a 12-hour standoff in Ohio has been charged with aggravated murder.
Clermont County Municipal Court records show 23-year-old Wade Edward Winn has also been charged with attempted aggravated murder in the shootings in Pierce Township, east of Cincinnati. Authorities say Detective Bill Brewer died from his wounds. The other deputy was treated and released.
Court records don’t show an attorney for Winn.
Authorities say officers responded Saturday night to the apartment complex after a 911 call from a man who said he believed someone was inside his residence. It wasn’t clear whether the suspect made the call. Authorities said they found one person in the home.
Ohio’s governor has ordered all U.S. and state flags at public buildings in Clermont County and the Statehouse flown at half-staff to honor Brewer.
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11:30 a.m.
Authorities have identified a sheriff’s deputy who was shot and killed and another who was wounded during a 12-hour standoff at an apartment complex in Ohio.
A Clermont County sheriff’s release says Detective Bill Brewer died from his wounds. Lt. Nick DeRose was treated and released. The release identifies a 23-year-old suspect but doesn’t say whether he was charged. The suspect was taken into custody about 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
Sheriff officials said officers responded about 7 p.m. Saturday to the Royal Oaks Apartments in Pierce Township following a 911 call from a man who said he believed someone was inside his residence. It wasn’t clear whether the suspect made the call. Authorities said they found one person in the home.
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8:35 a.m.
A sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed during a 12-hour standoff at an apartment complex in Ohio that left another deputy wounded and a suspect in custody, authorities said Sunday.
Capt. Jeff Sellars of the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office said officers responded about 7 p.m. Saturday to the Royal Oaks Apartments in Pierce Township, about 20 miles east of Cincinnati, following a 911 call from a man who said people were refusing to leave his home. The man said there were weapons in the home.
Sellars said two deputies were struck by bullets during the standoff. The wounded deputy is hospitalized in stable condition.
Neither the deputies nor the suspect has been identified.
Sellars said the suspect was taken into custody about 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
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