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U.S. NEWS Saturday 13 May 2017

Police chief, 2 nursing home employees killed; shooter dead

By JULIE CARR SMYTH the chief, the hostages es-
ANDREW HUGGINS caped unharmed.
Associated Press “We don’t know the cause
KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — or the purpose or what
An armed man gunned drove this individual to do
down a new village police this,” Thorp said, adding
chief on an Ohio street on that was being investigat-
Friday and then killed two ed.
employees in a nearby Responding officers found
nursing home, where he Disario on the street and
later was found dead, then investigated a report
a sheriff said. No nursing of a gunman at the nursing
home residents were in- home, Thorp said.
jured, nor were two hos- Some of the nursing
tages briefly held by the home’s 23 residents barri-
alleged gunman. caded themselves during
The slain police chief, the shooting, but none of
Steven Eric Disario, had them was injured, he said.
headed the Kirkersville Po- People hug as emergency personnel arrive to the scene of a shooting outside Pine Kirk nursing All were relocated to other
lice Department for only home in Kirkersville, Ohio on Friday, May 12, 2017. Authorities say Steven Eric Disario, who headed facilities until investigators
about three weeks, Licking the Kirkersville Police Department, and two nursing home employees have been killed by a gun- were out of the nursing
County Sheriff Randy Thorp man who was later found dead inside the care facility. home.
(Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
said. Disario was shot on Police did not immediately
a street near the Pine Kirk memorial outside the vil- threat is over.” whom he temporarily took identify the gunman. Ohio
Care Center, and the two lage police hall, located Thorp gave the following hostage. Attorney General Mike
female employees and the less than a block from the timeline of events in the vil- Disario, responding to a re- DeWine, who came to the
gunman were found dead site of the shooting. lage of about 500 residents, port of a man with a gun, scene Friday afternoon,
inside, Thorp said. Thorp called it a hard day roughly 25 miles (39 kilome- apparently encountered said search warrants had
Disario, 36, was a father for all. ters) east of Columbus: the gunman in that area. been executed on two
of six children, with a sev- “We’ve lost a police offi- The gunman was in a The chief’s last radio com- vehicles owned by the sus-
enth on the way, the sheriff cer. It’s just a tragic event,” wooded area behind the munication said he had the pect and at his home in
said. Flowers and flags ap- he said. “I guess the only nursing home when he en- man in sight. Utica, about 30 miles (48
peared in an impromptu peace of mind is that the countered two passers-by, When a shot was fired at kilometers) away. q

Texas house fire kills 3 children, injures 6 other people

CONROE, Texas (AP) — ranged in age from 6 to 13 two Shenandoah police officer with another de- known these kids since they
Three children trapped on years and that their bodies officers were the first to ar- partment also was hurt. were born. And my heart
the second floor of a burn- were found amid the debris rive and helped members “They certainly risked just aches for the mom.”
ing house died early Friday, of the home that collapsed of the extended family es- their lives to do what they The fire began about 4
despite the efforts of police during the fire. The blaze cape. But Williams said the could,” Williams said. a.m. in a neighborhood of
officers to rescue them as spread to adjacent proper- heat and flames prevented Other members of the fam- aging homes near Con-
flames engulfed the build- ties, destroying at least one the officers from climbing a ily were taken to hospitals roe (KAHN’-roh), about 30
ing near Houston. Six mem- more home, Spencer said. stairwell. with injuries, including a miles (50 kilometers) north
bers of the same family About 10 people lived “They tried to reach the 10-year-old boy in criti- of Houston. Williams said
were hurt, including three at the house, including a second floor but they were cal condition with severe it’s too early to know the
with critical injuries, authori- woman and her brother, not able to reach the chil- burns. cause. Williams and Spen-
ties said. both with children, and dren,” he said. “My heart immediately cer declined to identify the
Montgomery County sher- their parents, Spencer said. The officers were hospital- sunk for the family,” neigh- victims because extended
iff’s Lt. Scott Spencer said Montgomery County Fire ized for smoke inhalation bor Traniqa White told the family still needed to be
the children who died Marshal Jimmy Williams said and other injuries. A third Houston Chronicle. “I’ve notified.q