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PERRY, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of an armed man by an Ohio sheriff’s deputy (all times local):
12:30 p.m.
A northeastern Ohio sheriff says an armed man fatally shot by a deputy ignored several warnings to drop his gun and said “it’s time to die” before raising his weapon.
The sheriff in Lake County says 54-year-old Thomas Hirko was shot after stabbing his wife late Thursday night.
Sheriff Daniel Dunlap says the woman was stabbed in the chest and back. He’s says they’re hopeful she’ll survive.
The shooting happened outside a home in Perry Township, about 30 miles east of Cleveland.
The sheriff says the shooting is under review, but he thinks the deputies followed all guidelines in handling the confrontation.
He says his office discovered after the shooting that Hirko had barricaded himself in a home almost 10 years ago and threatened suicide.
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10:15 a.m.
Authorities have identified an armed man who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy responding to a reported stabbing in far northeast Ohio.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office says 54-year-old Thomas Hirko was pronounced dead at a medical facility after the Thursday night shooting outside a Perry Township home.
The office says deputies were called by a woman who said she’d been stabbed repeatedly. It says responders were confronted by an armed man who refused orders to drop the firearm, and a deputy fired when the suspect raised the gun.
The office says the woman who’d been stabbed in the chest and back was flown to a Cleveland hospital. A nursing supervisor said no update on her condition was available Friday morning.
Authorities identified her as 55-year-old Lorrie Osborne-Hirko.
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10 a.m.
Authorities in far northeast Ohio say a sheriff’s deputy responding to a reported stabbing fatally shot a suspect who confronted officers with a gun.
A Friday statement from the sheriff’s office says Lake County deputies were called to a Perry Township home Thursday night by a woman who said she’d been stabbed repeatedly. It says responders were met outside by an armed man who refused orders to drop the firearm, and a deputy fired when the suspect raised the gun.
The 54-year-old man was pronounced dead at a medical facility.
The sheriff’s office says the 55-year-old woman who’d been stabbed in the chest and back was flown to a Cleveland hospital. No update on her condition was available early Friday.
Authorities planned a news conference to discuss what happened.