Ohio man fatally shoots neighbor ‘because he thought he was a Democrat’
A southwest Ohio man shot and killed his neighbor because he believed he was a Democrat, according to the victim's family.
Austin Gene Combs was taken into custody by Butler County sheriff's deputies just before noon Monday after the shooting was reported in Okeana, and investigators found Anthony Lee King dead from multiple gunshot wounds, reported the Journal-News.
“My neighbor just shot my dad,” the victim's son told dispatchers. "[He] has come over multiple times making statements. He’s insane.”
The caller's mother sobbed in the background and told dispatchers the 43-year-old King had been cutting grass and doing yardwork when she went inside to let their dog out, and that's when she heard gunshots.
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“I look in the backyard and that man is walking away from my husband and my husband is on the ground,” the woman told dispatchers. “He has come over like four times confronting my husband because he thought he was a Democrat, Why, why … Please, I don’t understand.”
The 26-year-old Combs was arrested a short time later while driving away from the shooting scene with his father.
His bond was set at $950,000 on suspicion of murder.
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(Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified the suspect as Austin Gene Gibbs. The suspect is named Austin Gene Combs.)
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