Tiffin, Ohio – A quadruple shooting inโข Tiffin, Ohio, on Thursday leftโ two children andโฃ their father dead,โ with โฃpolice investigatingโค the incident as aโข homicide/suicide. The deceased father has been identified as Ryan โขEagon, 42.
Accordingโ toโฃ a statement from the Tiffin Police Department, the shooting occurred as theโ children’s mother was attempting to move belongings from the residence following reported ongoing domestic issues. Arrangements hadโ been made with theโฃ mother’s partner, the father of her oldest child,โ to assist with theโ move โwhile Eagon was believed toโ be out โขof town.
Police statedโ that the mother and her partner were โคinside gathering items whileโ the children were outside near a vehicle. โฃAfter hearingโ the โค7-year-old โฃchild cry โout,they went โคto investigate โฃand observed Eagon in the driveway.
eagon then chased and fired multipleโ shots at the mother’s partner, “pushing โpast the mother,” before turning โคthe gun on โthe children, fatally shooting both. He thenโฃ directed additional gunfire at the partner before taking his โฃown life with a single gunshot wound.
The mother carried the injured children back inside โขthe home and dialed โ911.
Tiffin police โChief David Pauly released โa statement asking โขthe public to pray for the victims andโข first-responders. โข”As โa โฃcommunity, we are not accustomed โคto events of this โฃhorrific โฃand heartbreaking nature in Tiffin,” Pauly wrote. “I ask that all residents keep โฃthe victims’ families in their thoughts as theyโ face unimaginable loss.”
The โขcase remainsโข underโค examination as ofโข Friday.