Law enforcement shot and killed an armed man just after midnight on April 11 in Clermont County, according to a news release.
Officers from the Pierce Township Police Department and Clermont County Sheriff’s Office both responded to the Eastgate Mobile Home Park at around 12:10 a.m. after receiving a 911 call about a man with a gun. A person in the background of the call said the man was “intoxicated and suicidal,” the sheriff’s office stated in the release.
Officers located the armed man once on scene and after “the subject refused multiple orders to drop the firearm,” he was shot, the release said. The number of shots fired was not provided.
EMS requested medical air transport. The man was pronounced dead once the helicopter landed about an hour after he’d been shot. His identity has not been released.
No officers were injured. The release did not provide information about whether the officers were placed on leave amid the investigation.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation has been notified to investigate the shooting.
Anyone struggling with suicidal thoughts can call or text the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988, or 800-273-8255 any time day or night, or chat online at https://988lifeline.org/chat/.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Police shoot, kill man at mobile home park in Pierce Township
