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DAYTON, Ohio — The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations is investigating an officer involved shooting that ended with two suspects being shot just off Interstate 70 on the access road to Dayton International Airport following a police chase which turned into a hostage situation.
The male and female suspects have died after being shot by troopers, Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
When Special Response Team members approached the truck around 7:30 Wednesday morning one of the suspects fired shots. The troopers returned fire, hitting the suspects.
Both suspects were transported to the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton with life-threatening injuries where the female suspect was pronounced dead. The male remained in critical condition before also dying at the hospital, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The hostage suffered minor injuries and also was taken to Miamai Valley Hospital.
Both the east and westbound ramps to the airport remain closed according to OHGO and the scene is investigated.
The incident began early Wednesday when at approximately 1 a.m. a London Police officer initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle with no visible registration or rear lights. The suspects fled in the vehicle on U.S. 42 north out of London where they stopped at a truck stop and fled on foot.
An officer attempted to deploy a taser, according to a news release from the London Ohio Police, when the male suspect fell and pointed a handgun at the officer. The suspect then fled to a nearby semi tractor truck with no trailer.
According to the news release, the suspect and a female suspect fled in the truck with an occupant of the truck.
The truck hit a London Police cruiser while fleeing but no officers have been reported as injured.
At 3:23 a.m., the Ohio State Highway Patrol Special Response Team assisted the London Police Division for the active hostage situation. Upon the Patrol’s arrival, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was negotiating with the suspects around 5 a.m.
The pursuit ended in Montgomery County.
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Madison MacArthur - Digital Producer
Madison MacArthur is a Digital Producer at Spectrum News 1 Ohio. She studied journalism at Kent State University where she interned in the News Lab at Kent State. She previously worked as a reporter at local newspapers in the Cleveland area, including West Life News.
