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Gunman enters Girard home
GIRARD – A city couple were robbed at gunpoint in their home Saturday, police said.
A man slipped into the West Liberty Street home through an unlocked door, police said. He handcuffed the man and pointed a gun at the woman’s head before taking a 52-inch television, a cell phone and prescription medication. He left in a blue minivan toward Liberty.
No injuries were reported.
The gunman was described as a dark-skinned Hispanic, about 5 feet tall, with a moustache. He was wearing camouflage clothing and a black stocking cap.
Man killed in home invasion
MASSILLON – Authorities say a man was shot to death and another wounded during a home invasion in the northeast Ohio city of Massillon.
The Canton Repository reports that two armed men wearing masks and hoods forced their way into a home Friday night and ordered the homeowner and a guest into the kitchen. The newspaper reports that an altercation with the gunmen led to four shots being fired. Twenty-four-year-old Tonio Manson of Massillon died of gunshot wounds to the chest and leg. The 24-year-old unnamed guest was treated for a wound to the upper arm.
The suspects fled after the shooting and haven’t been arrested.
Cop shoots man with gun
DAYTON – Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy shot and critically wounded a 21-year-old man who refused to drop a handgun Saturday morning in the parking lot of a gas station in southwest Ohio.
The Dayton Daily News reports that the incident began when deputies responded to a 911 call about shots being fired at an apartment complex in Harrison Township near Dayton. Authorities say deputies found the man suspected of firing the shots at a nearby gas station. Officers from a neighboring police department fired three less-lethal bean-bag rounds at the man after he refused to drop the gun.
The sheriff says the man is expected to survive.
Train collides with tanker
ELYRIA – Authorities say no one was injured when a train collided with a near-empty gasoline tanker truck in northeast Ohio.
The (Elyria) Chronicle-Telegram reports that the tanker became stuck on a railroad crossing Friday afternoon after its brakes locked. The driver told the newspaper that he jumped out of the truck when he realized the train was coming and that he could not move the truck from the tracks.
The driver was headed to a fuel depot to load the tanker when the collision occurred.
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