DARKE COUNTY — Two people are dead and one is injured after a shooting and crash in Darke County Thursday afternoon.
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As previously reported on News Center 7 at 5, 6 and 11 p.m., it all started at a house in the 2500 block of SR-571.
A man called 911 and told dispatchers that he went to his friend’s home and his friend came out and started shooting at him, according to Darke County Sheriff Mark Whittaker.
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The man, who was suffering from gunshot wounds, got in his car and told 911 he was being chased by his friend, Whittaker said.
The man told dispatchers that the suspect was continuing to shoot at him and ram his vehicle while he was chasing him.
The two men eventually crashed and the suspect was thrown from his car and pronounced dead on the scene.
The man shot was flown to Miami Valley Hospital.
Deputies did a welfare check at the suspect’s home and found a woman dead in the home, who Whittaker said was related to the suspect.
Her death is being investigated as a homicide.
Whittaker said there is no threat to the public at this time.
We will continue to follow this story.
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