A police officer was shot dead and another injured in an ongoing standoff situation at an apartment building in Pierce Township, Ohio.
The beginning of the incident took place at about 7 p.m. on Saturday when someone called police for a welfare check. Two deputies were shot at about 10:30 p.m. and the suspect then barricaded himself in an apartment, according to Lt. Julie Poe with Pierce Township police.
Both officers struck by gunfire were sheriff’s deputies in Clermont County.
“It’s a very sad morning for the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office,” Capt. Jeff Sellers said.
The area around the apartment building was shut down as the suspect apparently continued firing throughout the night. Cincinnati ABC affiliate WCPO reported hearing shots around 10 p.m. and just before midnight.
The second officer was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center in stable condition.
Pierce Township, in Clermont County, is on the Ohio-Kentucky border, about 20 miles southeast of Cincinnati.
The death is the fifth police officer this year to be killed by gunfire. It is the first since Mobile, Alabama, police officer Sean Tuder was killed while serving an arrest warrant on Jan. 20.
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