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Steven Eric
Disario, 36, was killed after responding to a shooting in
Kirkersville, Ohio, Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp said.
Disario was fatally shot after seeing the shooter who was
holding two people hostage in a small wooded area behind the
nursing home, Thorp said at an afternoon news conference. The
hostages ran when the shooter fired and they were not harmed.
Thorp could not be reached for further comment, but local media,
citing law enforcement officials, reported that two female
nursing home employees and the shooter were later found dead
inside the facility by other officers.
None of the three have been identified and the motive for the
shooting was not immediately known. It is unclear how the
shooter gained access to the building, which was usually
secured, Thorp said at the news conference.
Some 23 residents in the nursing and rehabilitation home,
identified by local media as the Pine Kirk Care Center, were
evacuated to local hospitals, and none were injured, Thorp said.
Kirkersville is a village in central Ohio with a population of
around 500 that is around 24 miles (39 km) east of Columbus.
Disario, a father of five or six children who was expecting
another child, had only been police chief for around three
weeks, Thorp said.
"It's a real hard day. It is a hard day for all of us," Thorp
said.
(Reporting by Timothy Mclaughlin in Chicago; Editing by Jeffrey
Benkoe and David Gregorio)
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