BLENDON TOWNSHIP, OH – Blendon Township Police Department confirmed a fatal shooting involving one of their officers on Thursday evening.
The incident occurred at the Kroger store parking lot on 5991 S. Sunbury Road, just north of Route 161, at around 6:24 p.m.
Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford confirmed that one person was shot and killed, while spokesman Steve Irwin from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office stated no one else was injured.
The Blendon Township Police have requested an outside investigation from the attorney general’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Individuals with information or who witnessed the incident are asked to cooperate with the ongoing investigation. Details regarding the individual shot and the circumstances leading to the incident have yet to be released.
