Man kills himself after domestic incident

Staff report

SEBRING

A man died Tuesday morning in Alliance Community Hospital after shooting himself in the head after a domestic dispute late Monday.

The Stark County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as Joshua Dean, age unknown, and listed his address as Kevin Drive in Alliance.

No exact cause of death or ruling from the coroner’s office was available late Tuesday afternoon.

The trouble began when police responded about 4 p.m. Monday to a domestic-violence call in the 300 block of West Oregon Avenue, where a woman said her husband assaulted her and fled the scene.

She was taken to Alliance Community Hospital for treatment.

About 4:30 p.m., the man returned to the residence, left his vehicle and fired several shots at a woman on the front porch of the apartment next to that residence, striking her once in the arm before shooting himself.

The woman who was shot in the arm was transported for treatment and released, police said.

The police news release did not name any of the people involved. Police Chief Ray Heverly said the case remains under investigation.