Two people are dead after a domestic violence incident in Stark County, according to the sheriff’s office.
According to a media release, at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11 the sheriff’s office received a 911 call from a female inside a home in the 4100 block of Broadway Avenue NE in Nimishillen Township. The caller told dispatchers a man had shot a woman inside the house and said she was hiding until law enforcement arrived.
According to the release, when deputies arrived on the scene they saw the suspect seated in the kitchen and the victim lying on the kitchen floor.
The suspect, identified as 64-year-old Jeffery Denton, was transported to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital where officials said he was pronounced dead.
The victim, identified as 70-year-old Lorene Denton, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officials have not said if the caller was an adult or child, but said she was also transported to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The incident remains under investigation.