COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A man accused of shooting two Mifflin Township police officers is in jail after nearly three months in a hospital for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Jail records show Daveonte Dixon was booked into the Franklin County jail on August 21. According to officials, Dixon shot himself when deputies arrived to serve a search warrant at the residence where he was hiding. The sheriff’s office said he fired at law enforcement and then shot himself. No deputies or police reportedly fired a shot.
Accused of shooting two Mifflin Township police officers during a traffic stop, he faces an indictment for two counts of attempted murder, six counts of felonious assault, one count of tampering with evidence, and two counts of having a weapon under disability…