SHOOTING ON GASCHE STREET IN THE CITY OF WOOSTER

• March 15, 2023

 

Wooster Police Department said in a press release “On March 14, 2023, shortly after 11 pm, officers of the Wooster Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 1600 block of Gasche Street for a man with a gunshot wound.”

Officers arrived on the scene and immediately began rendering aid to the victim.

Wooster Fire/Ems arrived and transported the victim to Wooster Community Hospital.

The investigation discovered that the transported victim was shot by his seventeen-year-old son after an apparent altercation. The juvenile was taken into custody.

Once stabilized, the shooting victim was transported to Akron General Hospital, and the Summit County Coroner notified us this morning that he succumbed to his injuries.

Our thoughts go out to the family during this difficult time.

The case has been turned over to the Wooster Police Department Detective Bureau; no further details are available at this time.

ASHLAND WEATHER