PIKETON, Ohio (AP) – Shootings with multiple fatalities were reported along a road in rural Ohio on Friday morning, but details on the number of deaths and the whereabouts of the suspect or suspects weren’t immediately clear.
The attorney general’s office said a dozen Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents had been called to Pike County, an economically struggling area in the Appalachian region some 80 miles east of Cincinnati. Spokesman Dan Tierney said the Pike County sheriff’s office requested state help at 8:20 a.m.
Tierney had no information on whether a suspect was in custody. He also had no confirmation on the number of fatalities.
BCI spokeswoman Jill Del Greco said there are multiple crime scenes along the same rural road. Several news outlets reported that at least one shooting was in or near a residence.
TV reports from the scene said a staging area has been set up with ambulances and fire personnel.