A suspect has been named in connection with a double homicide in Ashland, Kentucky Friday morning, according to the Ashland Police Department.
Ashland Police Department Chief Todd Kelley said during a press conference Saturday morning that John Tooson, the suspect, was taken to the hospital after shooting himself following a barricade situation in Toledo, Ohio.
On Friday APD officers responded for a welfare check in the 3000 block of Montgomery Avenue around 8:15 and found two women with gunshot wounds inside a duplex apartment.
The victims were identified as 20-year-old Selina Easter and 18-year-old Summer Algarakhuly. The APD says they were sisters.
Officers say an infant was also found abandoned and uninjured in the apartment. Algarakhuly has been identified as the mother of the baby.
Chief Kelley says the suspect lived in both Ashland and Toledo.
They say Tooson stole Easter’s car after the shooting and fled to a home on Utah Street in Toledo.
APD say they contacted the U.S. Marshals Service for assistance.
Marshals and the Toledo Police Department located the suspect around 5:30 p.m. and engaged in a barricade situation until around midnight Friday.
APD says Tooson left the home, re-entered and then walked out with a gun, shooting himself.
They say Tooson was taken to the hospital where he is currently in an intensive care unit in critical condition.
Chief Kelley says the Ashland Police Department obtained arrest warrants for two murder charges, a charge of wanton endangerment first degree and for theft of an automobile.
Kelley says they are still determining the relationship between Tooson and the victims and a possible motive.
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