PEMBERVILLE — A man the village of Pemberville recently hired to eventually become superintendent of its water plant was involved in a deadly domestic incident Wednesday morning in neighboring Ottawa County.
Mayor Gordon Bowman confirmed Thursday afternoon that Randall J. Ross started working for the village in January. He was “training to become the village’s water plant superintendent.”
According to information from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, Ross, 47, of rural Fremont, broke into a rural Oak Harbor home Wednesday morning where his estranged wife, Amy Ross, 47, was staying with a sister and niece. The sheriff’s report said Ross killed his wife before turning the gun on himself. He was taken from the scene by air ambulance to St. Vincent Mercy-Medical Center in Toledo.
No information on his condition was available today.
“We want to support all of our village employees,” Bowman said. “We have met with employees and they have been offered counseling, if they desire,” the mayor said. “This is a tragedy. We are doing our best to deal with it.”
Information from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s report indicates that Jody Hatfield, chief of the Carroll Township Police Department, was the first to arrive on the scene of the shooting at 3121 N. Leutz Road.
Hatfield made contact with the wounded Ross in the driveway of the residence.
Mayor Gordon Bowman confirmed Thursday afternoon that Randall J. Ross started working for the village in January. He was “training to become the village’s water plant superintendent.”
According to information from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, Ross, 47, of rural Fremont, broke into a rural Oak Harbor home Wednesday morning where his estranged wife, Amy Ross, 47, was staying with a sister and niece. The sheriff’s report said Ross killed his wife before turning the gun on himself. He was taken from the scene by air ambulance to St. Vincent Mercy-Medical Center in Toledo.
No information on his condition was available today.
“We want to support all of our village employees,” Bowman said. “We have met with employees and they have been offered counseling, if they desire,” the mayor said. “This is a tragedy. We are doing our best to deal with it.”
Information from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s report indicates that Jody Hatfield, chief of the Carroll Township Police Department, was the first to arrive on the scene of the shooting at 3121 N. Leutz Road.
Hatfield made contact with the wounded Ross in the driveway of the residence.