Hubbard Township police officer involved fatal shooting investigated
HUBBARD TOWNSHIP – The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating an officer involved shooting incident that resulted in the death of a Hubbard man early on Oct. 4.
What happened in the Hubbard Township incident?
The Ohio State Highway Patrol Warren Post and Vienna Township Police Department responded to assist the Hubbard Township Police Department with an armed and dangerous suspect on private property located at 2180 Hubbard-Masury Road, according to a news release from the highway patrol.
At 9:34 p.m. Oct. 3, officers and troopers responded to a 911 call regarding a domestic violence incident with a dangerous suspect that was reported impaired and armed with two shotguns. As officers approached the suspect, identified Shawn M. Thomas, 55, Hubbard, who fled on foot to a nearby wooded area.
Officers established a perimeter of the immediate area and at about 10:26 p.m. the suspect was again observed with two shotguns near Van Ness Avenue. Minutes later, Thomas then brandished a shotgun at officers, and officers fired their weapons striking the suspect. The Eagle Joint Fire District transported Thomas to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital where he was pronounced dead after midnight.
No officers were physically injured in the incident, the patrol report stated.
Brookfield, Hubbard City and Liberty Township police departments and the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office also assisted on scene.
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