Authorities identify victims in suspected murder-suicide outside Taco Bell: I-Team
STOW, Ohio (WJW) — Law enforcement agencies are investigating a suspected murder-suicide that happened outside the Taco Bell in Stow Wednesday evening, sources told the FOX 8 I-Team.
According to the Stow Police Department, officers were called to a shooting outside the restaurant at 993 Graham Road around 7:23 p.m.
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When they got there, officers found two people shot in the drive-thru lane. They were both pronounced dead at the scene.
The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office on Thursday identified the victims as Megan Keleman, 25, of Stow, whose death has been ruled a homicide caused by gunshot wounds to the neck; and Jason Williams, 53, of Stow, whose death has been ruled a suicide by a gunshot wound to the head.
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Stow police said the shooting is being investigated as a murder-suicide.
According to the Summit County Medical Examiner, the two were pronounced dead at 7:41 p.m.
According to Stow police, early reports indicate that while in line at the Taco Bell drive-thru, a man got out of his car, approached a woman in her car and shot her.
Police said the man then used the gun to take his own life.
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The Bureau of Criminal Investigation told FOX 8 that Stow police asked them to assist with the investigation. The BCI was on the scene with police Wednesday night.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the Stow Detective Bureau at 330-689-5770.
The family is expected to issue a statement to the police department Thursday, according to a press release.
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