Incident
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10-02-2016 Ohio Galena 1-1
Location
October 02, 2016
Northbound Rest AreaGalena, Ohio
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Name: Alexander Melchert
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Name: Shawn A Johnson
- Age: 25
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- Suicide^
- Officer Involved Incident
- Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
- Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator suicide at standoff
Notes
Shooter on park bench at rest stop; hits man coming out of restroom 6 times; critical; police chase ends in Richland County, wreck; shooter commits suicide; police say this was a random act;
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Unknown
Sources
District
Congressional District: 12State Senate District: 19
State House District: 68