UPDATE (3:11 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023): The man who was shot and killed by Jackson County, Ohio, deputies on Tuesday has been identified.
The Jackson County, Ohio, Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old William Beach barricaded himself inside a residence in the 1800 block of Jisco West Road in Jackson, Ohio, on Tuesday.
They say deputies entered the residence around 2 p.m.
Deputies say they were “threatened or felt threatened” by Beach.
After Beach was shot, they say he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
No law enforcement officials were injured in the shooting.
The Jackson County Coroner’s Office identified the subject as Beach. An autopsy was done by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.
JACKSON COUNTY, OH (WOWK) — One person is dead after law enforcement shot and killed a person in Jackson, Ohio.
The Jackson County, Ohio, Sheriff’s Office says this happened in the 1800 block of Jisco West Road in Jackson, Ohio.
Steve Irwin, Press Secretary for Attorney General David Yost, says the Bureau of Criminal Investigations was called to the scene Tuesday afternoon.
The name and gender of the victim are not available at this time. Irwin says no law enforcement officers were injured in the shooting.
BCI officials are still on the scene, according to Irwin.
13 News has a crew on the way to the scene. We will continue to update you as more information becomes available.
