Ohio BCI investigating deadly officer involved shooting in Ashtabula County

Conneaut, Ohio (WOIO) – A person is dead after members of the Special Response Team in Ashtabula County were executing a felony warrant at a home in the 600 block of Orange St, in Conneaut on Thursday.

When law enforcement arrived on scene it was met by family members of the individual. It was verified that the individual was in the basement of the home with another person.

After safely removing the second person, the individual became non-compliant. During the extraction, Sheriff’s Deputies and a Conneaut Police Department Officer perceived a threat and fired at the person, killing them, according to a press release from the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s…

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