COLUMBUS – The suspect in the deaths of four people in Lawrence County in southern Ohio, including a 7-year-old boy, has been taken into custody.
Lawrence County Sheriff Jeffery Lawless says 23-year-old Arron Lawson was arrested without incident Friday morning while walking along a road about 12 miles south of the murder scene after authorities got a tip from someone who spotted him.
Lawless says Lawson was related to at least one of the victims and was not armed when he was apprehended. He says Lawson will be taken to the Lawrence County Jail.
Several school districts near Ohio’s southern tip canceled classes over safety concerns amid the manhunt for the 23-year-old Lawson, wanted on three counts of murder and one count of aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of Donald McGuire, 50; Tammie McGuire, 43; Staci Jackson, 28, and her 7-year old son, Devin Holston.
Lawrence County’s sheriff says deputies spotted Lawson early Thursday in Ironton but lost him after a brief chase when he ran into the woods in the dark.
Authorities had found three adults dead in a house trailer Wednesday evening. The sheriff says the search for a boy missing from the home ended with authorities later finding him dead there, his body apparently hidden.
A fourth adult who was stabbed at the home fled and was flown to a hospital.