Location

April 11, 2017

Newcomerstown, Ohio

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Wounded/Injured
• Suicide - Attempt
• Officer Involved Incident
• Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot

Notes

Officer shot; treated & released; 2 originally held cleared; officer admits making up assailants; fail suicide attempt; fired, indicted; 40.234309, -81.596642

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: Unknown

Sources

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• URL: http://fox8.com/2017/04/11/newcomerstown-police-officer-shot-authorities-searching-for-two-suspects/

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• URL: http://www.cleveland.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/04/man_wanted_in_newcomerstown_po.html

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• URL: http://www.ohio.com/news/ohiocentric/authorities-arrest-1-suspect-in-ohio-police-officer-shooting-1.759795?localLinksEnabled=false&cache=18961415304345%2Fnews%2Fohio%2Fcss%2Fresu

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• URL: http://wdtn.com/2017/04/12/man-idd-as-suspect-in-ohio-police-officer-shooting-cleared/

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• URL: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/04/18/sheriff-newcomerstown-cop-shot-himself/100617914/

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• URL: http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2017/04/18/Sheriff-Ohio-police-officer-says-shooting-story-false.html

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• URL: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170418/police-officer-fired-could-face-charges-over-made-up-shooting-story

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• URL: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/05/ohio-ex-cop-accused-false-shooting-claim-indicted.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fnational+%28Internal+-+US+Latest+-+Text%29

• The source screenshot will be available soon.
• URL: http://www.ohio.com/news/ohiocentric/ex-officer-pleads-not-guilty-to-false-shooting-claim-charges-1.781463?localLinksEnabled=false&cache=18961415304345%25252fnews%25252fohio

District

Congressional District: 6
State Senate District: 31
State House District: 98