GETAWAY, Ohio — A man and a woman in their mid-20s have been killed in what police believe was a domestic incident along a rural road in southern Lawrence County Thursday.
The two were found in a truck near the intersection of Ohio 243 and County Road 55, about 5 miles north of Chesapeake, Lawrence County Sheriff Jeff Lawless said Thursday. It was too early to say how the shooting occurred, Lawless said.
The sheriff’s department received a call about a shooting at 12:17 p.m. Thursday near the Buckeye Auto Parts building. When deputies arrived they saw a black truck in a creek. The woman was in the truck suffering from at least one gunshot wound. She was taken by helicopter to Cabell Huntington Hospital, where she subsequently died, Lawless said.
The man was found outside the truck with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Lawrence County Coroner Kurt Hofmann, Lawless said.
“They weren’t married,” Lawless said. “It appears to be a domestic situation. They were former boyfriend and girlfriend.”
The names of the two victims had not been released Thursday afternoon pending notification of next of kin.
The man’s body was taken to Hall Funeral Home in Proctorville.
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