Woman, 66, killed in deputy-involved shooting over weekend in Portage County is identified
The woman killed Saturday morning in a Portage County sheriff's deputy-involved shooting has officially been identified as 66-year-old Cora Baughman.
She died from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, according to a preliminary report from the Portage County Coroner's Office. The autopsy was conducted by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office and it could be months before the official death certificate is completed, according to a representative from the Portage coroner's office.
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The Portage County Sheriff's Office has not responded to multiple media requests for information on the shooting that involved one of its deputies.
No one else was reported injured in the incident.
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The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the fatal shooting at the request of the Portage County sheriff. BCI on Tuesday confirmed that Baughman was the woman killed in the incident. When BCI concludes its investigation it will give its findings to the Portage County Prosecutor's Office.
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The shooting apparently originated from a neighbor dispute Saturday at a residence in the 8000 block of Werger Road in Windham Township.
Shooting took place in rural area of Portage County
Werger Road is a rural two-lane thoroughfare less than a mile long stretching between Stanley Road and state Route 82.
Most of the houses lining the street are on the northern side, facing a large field across the road to the south. There are sections of trees in between most properties, some dense enough that they hide the houses positioned amongst them from view.
No one living along Werger Road was available for comment Tuesday when a reporter knocked on doors in the neighborhood. The only person who answered their door said they weren't home on the day of the shooting.
The initial short news release posted by the sheriff's office on social media called the incident a "deputy-involved shooting" and stated that a Garrettsville police officer was also at the scene. But the coroner's office said it might have been an officer from the Windham Police Department.
Derek Krieder contributed to this report. Beacon Journal reporter Jim Mackinnon can be reached at 330-996-3544 or jmackinnon@thebeaconjournal.com. Follow him @JimMackinnonABJ on Twitter or www.facebook.com/JimMackinnonABJ.
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