IRONTON (AP) – A 7-year-old boy missing after three people were killed in a shooting has been found dead as a manhunt for the killer continues in southern Ohio.
This article is an update to an earlier story.
Lawrence County Sheriff Jeff Lawless says Devin Holston (above, left) was shot and his body apparently hidden in the home where three adults were found dead Wednesday evening.
The suspect, 23-year-old Aaron Lawson (above, right), is being sought on warrants for charges including aggravated murder.
The sheriff says deputies spotted Lawson driving around 12:30 a.m. Thursday but lost him when he crashed and ran into woods.
Deputies called to a mobile home on state Route 93 near Pedro, in Elizabeth Township, found three adults who had been shot to death and a fourth victim in another home nearby, suffering from stab wounds to the neck and head. Lawless says the stabbing victim was flown by helicopter to Cabell Huntington Hospital.
Authorities haven’t publicly identified the three adults found dead. Lawless says their bodies will be transported to Hamilton County for autopsies.