A gunman has taken his own life after killing three people and injuring another in an Ohio trailer park where he lived on Thursday night.
The shooting took place within Mentor Green Mobile Home Park between Mentor and Willoughby, about 19 miles from Cleveland.
The shooter, who has not yet been identified, spent several hours barricading himself the trailer where they allegedly went through with the murders.
Police, EMS crews and a SWAT team were dispatched to the scene investigating the incident.
The four victims – include the three who were fatally shot – have yet to be identified.
A suspect is barricaded inside a home after at least one person was fatally shot and two more were injured in what’s been termed a ‘multi-casualty’ shooting at an Ohio trailer park
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The first reports of the shooting came in at around 4:30 p.m. At 8 p.m., the shooter was still barricaded inside but by 9 p.m., was declared dead by officials, according to Fox 8 News.
The injured victim is stable and was taken to the hospital, according to police.
Residents started to alert police about a possible shooter about an hour earlier.
A woman who lives in the trailer park told Cleveland.com that everyone who lives there is over the age of 55.
The gunman lived across the street from her. She believes he may have been evicted.
‘He just went crazy,’ she said. ‘There are still people in there. Lots of people.’
Authorities gathered the remaining 30 residents of the mobile home park to evacuate and relocate them for the evening. They were taken by local buses to a nearby Cleveland Plumbing Supply to spend the night
A woman who lives in the trailer park told Cleveland.com that everyone who lives there is over the age of 55
The injured victim is stable and was taken to the hospital, according to police
Police have shut down the road along which the trailer park is located for the time being.
Authorities gathered the remaining 30 residents of the mobile home park to evacuate and relocate them for the evening.
They were taken by local buses to a nearby Cleveland Plumbing Supply to spend the night.
Officials plan to continue their investigation into Friday.