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Three young boys, all brothers, were shot and killed in Ohio, and their mother was also injured, authorities said Thursday.
The boys, ages 3, 4 and 7, were shot at a home in Monroe Township, the Clermont County Sheriff said. Authorities initially received a call around 4:15 p.m. from a woman screaming that “her babies had been shot.”
Minutes later, a second 911 call was made by a passerby driving on the road who reported a female youth running across the road saying, “her father killed everyone,” authorities said.
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The deputies who responded arrived at a house on the block of 1900 Laurel Lindale Road and found 32-year-old Chad Doerman sitting on a flight of stairs outside.
A Clermont Country Sheriff’s vehicle. Three boys, ages 3, 4 and 7, were shot dead in a home in Monroe Township and their mother was injured in the hand, authorities said. (Clermont County Sheriff’s Office)
He was detained and taken to the sheriff’s office to be interviewed by detectives.
The three boys were found in a garden with gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene after attempting life-saving measures. The boys’ 34-year-old mother was outside the home with a gunshot wound to the hand.
She was taken to a hospital where authorities informed her that her sons had died.
Investigators have not said whether Doerman is related to the children. The house they were found in showed no signs of a break-in and authorities were not looking for suspects.
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“Our hearts are once again broken tonight as we once again ask the community to lift the spirits of those affected by this horrific incident,” New Richmond Exempted Village School District Superintendent Tracey Miller said in a statement.
The investigation into the murders is still ongoing.
