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This happened not to far from me. This is the 3rd officer killed in this area this year.
https://www.wcpo.com/shots-fired-at-...rtment-complex
Det. Bill Brewer, a 20-year veteran of the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office with a wife and 5-year-old son, has been identified as the deputy killed in a 12-hour standoff at an apartment complex that started Saturday night and ended Sunday morning.
A deputy wounded in the standoff has been identified as Lt. Nick DeRose a 22-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office. DeRose was treated and released from University of Cincinnati Medical Center, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The Sheriff's Office identified the suspect as Wade Edward Winn, 23, who was taken into custody at 6:35 a.m. after firing multiple rounds during the violent standoff at On The Green at Royal Oak Apartments. Winn had barricaded himself in his apartment and was threatening to kill himself, according to Clermont County authorities.
"Deputy Brewer gave his life attempting to help a person who was admittedly suicidal," Sheriff Steve Leahy said in a statement. “This will forever change the atmosphere of the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office.”
Prosecutors could seek the death penalty based on the aggravated murder charge against Winn. The 23-year-old, also charged with attempted aggravated murder, is due in court Monday.
Court records show Winn was charged with improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle in 2018 and pleaded not guilty. He also pleaded guilty to marijuana charges from 2015 and 2017.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the suspect called 911 and reported that he believed someone was inside his apartment on St. Andrews Drive. The caller also said he was suicidal and had a gun.
Near the end of the standoff, a fire started in the building and caused extensive damage. In a brief statement, Capt. Jeff Sellers of the Sheriff's Office confirmed that the two-alarm fire was connected to the standoff, but Sellers gave no indication how the fire started.
The apartment complex is next to Stillmeadow Country Club, formerly known as Royal Oak Golf Course.
Here's a timeline from deputies:
6:56 p.m.: Call for welfare check at apartment on St. Andrews Drive;
8:15 p.m.: First shots reported inside apartment building;
8:25 p.m.: Back up (other agencies) arrive;
10:37 p.m.: Two Clermont County deputies shot.
Before the standoff ended, a deputy on the scene told WCPO they had not shot back at the barricaded man but they did fire a flash-bang grenade shortly before midnight. A flash-bang emits an intensely loud "bang" and a blinding flash designed to disorient or incapacitate a suspect.
Sellers called it a very sad day for the Clermont County Sheriff's Office.
Police escorted Brewer's body from the Hamilton County Coroner's Office to Nurre Funeral Home on St. Rt. 125 in Clermont County. They departed the Coroner's Office about 11 a.m. going east on Martin Luther King Drive, south on I-71, south on I-471, east on I-275, to east St. Rt. 125.
Sellers said the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) would handle the investigation of the standoff and the Ohio Fire Marshal would direct the fire investigation.
A deputy wounded in the standoff has been identified as Lt. Nick DeRose a 22-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office. DeRose was treated and released from University of Cincinnati Medical Center, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The Sheriff's Office identified the suspect as Wade Edward Winn, 23, who was taken into custody at 6:35 a.m. after firing multiple rounds during the violent standoff at On The Green at Royal Oak Apartments. Winn had barricaded himself in his apartment and was threatening to kill himself, according to Clermont County authorities.
"Deputy Brewer gave his life attempting to help a person who was admittedly suicidal," Sheriff Steve Leahy said in a statement. “This will forever change the atmosphere of the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office.”
Prosecutors could seek the death penalty based on the aggravated murder charge against Winn. The 23-year-old, also charged with attempted aggravated murder, is due in court Monday.
Court records show Winn was charged with improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle in 2018 and pleaded not guilty. He also pleaded guilty to marijuana charges from 2015 and 2017.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the suspect called 911 and reported that he believed someone was inside his apartment on St. Andrews Drive. The caller also said he was suicidal and had a gun.
Near the end of the standoff, a fire started in the building and caused extensive damage. In a brief statement, Capt. Jeff Sellers of the Sheriff's Office confirmed that the two-alarm fire was connected to the standoff, but Sellers gave no indication how the fire started.
The apartment complex is next to Stillmeadow Country Club, formerly known as Royal Oak Golf Course.
Here's a timeline from deputies:
6:56 p.m.: Call for welfare check at apartment on St. Andrews Drive;
8:15 p.m.: First shots reported inside apartment building;
8:25 p.m.: Back up (other agencies) arrive;
10:37 p.m.: Two Clermont County deputies shot.
Before the standoff ended, a deputy on the scene told WCPO they had not shot back at the barricaded man but they did fire a flash-bang grenade shortly before midnight. A flash-bang emits an intensely loud "bang" and a blinding flash designed to disorient or incapacitate a suspect.
Sellers called it a very sad day for the Clermont County Sheriff's Office.
Police escorted Brewer's body from the Hamilton County Coroner's Office to Nurre Funeral Home on St. Rt. 125 in Clermont County. They departed the Coroner's Office about 11 a.m. going east on Martin Luther King Drive, south on I-71, south on I-471, east on I-275, to east St. Rt. 125.
Sellers said the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) would handle the investigation of the standoff and the Ohio Fire Marshal would direct the fire investigation.
This is Wade Winn, 23 years old, who deputies say called 911 last night and then shot at responding officers killing @ClermontSheriff Det. Bill Brewer, injuring Lt. Nick DeRose and holding deputies in a 12-hour standoff - @WCPO pic.twitter.com/4h3F48hZg3
— Evan Millward (@EvanMillward) February 3, 2019
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