Four people are dead and a homicide suspect has been arrested in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio, according to Butler Township police. When officers arrived at the scene, according to Butler Township Police Chief John Porter, there were a total of four victims of multiple crime scenes suffering from gunshot wounds. The police said that all four people died on the spot in the accident. The four deceased have been identified as 82-year-old Clyde Knox, 78-year-old Eva Knox, 41-year-old Sarah Anderson and a 15-year-old girl. According to a family member at the scene, authorities found Two of the victims died at a house in Hardwick Place. The two are reported to be a mother and her 15-year-old daughter. Neighbors in the area said the other two shooting victims were an elderly couple, WLWT’s sister station WDTN reported. On Saturday night, their suspect, 39-year-old Stephen Alexander Marlow, was arrested by local police in Lawrence, Kansas, police said. “We are working to determine if there was any motive or if mental illness played a role in this horrific tragedy,” Porter said. The Butler Township Police Department is assisted by partners in the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. This is an important message and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Four people are dead and a suspect has been arrested in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio, according to Butler Township police.
Police were called to the 7200 block of Hardwick Place around 11:30 a.m. Friday for a report of shots fired.
When officers arrived at the scene, according to Butler Township Police Chief John Porter, there were a total of four victims of multiple crime scenes suffering from gunshot wounds.
The police said that all four people died on the spot in the accident.
The four deceased have been identified as 82-year-old Clyde Knox, 78-year-old Eva Knox, 41-year-old Sarah Anderson and a 15-year-old girl.
According to a family member at the scene, authorities found two of the dead in a home on Hardwick Place. The two are reported to be a mother and her 15-year-old daughter. Neighbors in the area said the other two shooting victims were an elderly couple, WLWT’s sister station WDTN reported.
On Saturday night, their suspect, 39-year-old Stephen Alexander Marlowe, was arrested by local police in Lawrence, Kansas, police said.
“We are working to determine if there was any motive or if mental illness played a role in this horrific tragedy,” Porter said.
The Butler Township Police Department is assisted by partners in the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
This is an important message and will be updated as more information becomes available.
