LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ohio — At approximately 3:20 PM on Saturday, the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a shooting at an apartment complex in Chesapeake, Ohio. Upon arriving at the scene, deputies found a woman lying in the parking lot with a gunshot wound. Emergency medical personnel, the sheriff’s office said, immediately began providing medical attention to the victim, but she was later pronounced dead by the Lawrence County Coroner’s Office.
According to witnesses, the victim, who lived in an upstairs apartment, had gotten into an argument with the male occupant of the downstairs apartment over a dog. During the argument, the suspect reportedly brandished a handgun and shot the victim before fleeing the scene in a gray Nissan SUV.
The identity of the victim has not yet been released, as authorities are still in the process of informing her family. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office is currently conducting an investigation into the shooting.