Sheriff: Ohio Police Officer Found Dead; Suspect in Custody

Danville, Ohio police and others investigate the scene where a village officer was shot dead.

NBC4 has a crew on the way to Knox County.

Court records show the suspect the fatal shooting of an OH police officer has a lengthy criminal record and in one case tried to claim he was legally insane. The woman told dispatchers that her ex-boyfriend, Herschel Ray Jones had left with weapons and was looking to kill an officer. Officer Cottrell was deceased.

OH prison records show he served almost four years for the 2011 convictions of burglary and receiving stolen property.

A police officer was found dead in OH with his gun and cruiser missing, authorities said early Monday. But, Chief Jim Gilbert, the chief deputy of the Franklin County Sheriff’s office in OH, tweeted early Monday: “Prayers for Ohio’s first fallen officer for 2016 a Danville PD Officer was shot/killed this evening in Knox County”.

Jones was taken into custody following a “foot chase” at around 1:36 a.m. after he was seen “running from a residence”, the sheriff’s office said.

Danville is located about 100 miles southwest of Cleveland, about 60 miles northeast of Columbus.