The devastating incident unfolded in the early evening on Thursday when 911 operators received an urgent call from an unidentified woman. She was heard screaming in distress, revealing that her young children had been shot. Merely three minutes later, another call came in from a passerby who witnessed a young girl running down the street, frantic and screaming that her father was taking the lives of everyone around.
From ABC News:
Clermont County Sheriff’s Road Patrol Deputies immediately responded to the residence on Laurel Lindale Road in Monroe Township, approximately 26 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati, and found an adult male -- later identified as 32-year-old Chad Doerman -- sitting on a step outside of the home where they detained him for questioning without incident.
But when deputies began their investigation, they discovered “three unresponsive gunshot victims in the yard of the residence,” according to a press release from the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities immediately began life-saving measures on the victims until Monroe Fire/EMS officials arrived on the scene minutes later.
“All life saving measures were unsuccessful and all three gunshot victims succumbed to their injuries while on scene,” police said. “A fourth gunshot victim, later identified as an adult female age 34, was also located outside of the residence. The female sustained what appeared to be a single gunshot wound to her hand [and was] non-life threatening.”
This is an incredibly tragic and unfathomable crime.
It is difficult to comprehend how a father could commit such a horrific act and take the lives of his three sons.
Clearly, this man is dealing with severe mental disturbance, and it is my earnest hope that he faces the full extent of the law and receives the appropriate consequences for his actions.
