A man charged with aggravated murder in an Ohio shooting that left four dead was arrested Saturday night in Lawrence, Kansas, the FBI field office in Cincinnati said announced.
Stephen Marlowe, 39, was arrested at the Lawrence Police Department just before 10 p.m., according to Police Chief John Porter of Butler Township, Ohio, where the shooting occurred. was done.
Marlowe is currently in custody at the Lawrence Police Department and arrangements are being made for extradition, Porter said.Wanted posterissued. They said he should be considered "armed and dangerous". He has ties to Indianapolis, Chicago and Lexington, Kentucky, and "could be in any of those cities," FBI Cincinnati said on Twitter.
Marlow was wanted in connection with the shooting of four of his people in his township of Butler, a small town north of Dayton, on Friday, police said.
Following a report of a shooting shortly before noon, police found his four victims suffering from gunshot wounds at "multiple crime scenes" in a residential neighborhood, according to the Butler Township Police Department. discovered.
Four victims were pronounced dead at the scene. They were identified by police on Saturday as Clyde Knox, 82, Eva Knox, 78, Sarah Anderson, 41, and Kayla Anderson, 15. issued for his arrest, according to the FBI. A federal arrest warrant was also issued Saturday after he was charged with "illegal flying to avoid prosecution," according to the FBI. Law enforcement agencies in multiple states are aware of this and are on high alert," said the Butler Township Police Department.
Butler Township Police Chief John Porter spoke to Marlowe at a press conference on Saturday, asking the suspect to turn himself in. If you put yourself in law enforcement as soon as possible,' he said. Police responded to reports of shootings in Butler Township, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 2022. Four people were found shot dead, police said.
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