I will dearly miss him : Family of Brandon Petty, man killed by Brian Lee, said he was a great father
Brandon Petty Jr., the son of the man who was among two people shot and killed by Brian Lee, said his father had his demons, but he was a good man. Author: Richard Solomon (WBNS) Updated: 11:12 PM EDT May 26, 2021
MORROW COUNTY, Ohio During an exclusive jailhouse interview, Brain Lee confessed to shooting and killing Brandon Petty and Linda Vannatta in Morrow County.
Sheriff John Hinton said the shootings happened on Monday around 4:25 a.m. in Harmony Township.
Police arrested Lee Monday in a Columbus backyard after a manhunt where the 39-year-old drove at excessive speeds of up to 120 miles per hour to avoid getting arrested.
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A Morrow County man charged with two counts of murder in the Monday shooting deaths of a man and woman confessed to a local television station, saying that the shootings were in self-defense.
Brian Lee, 39, of Marengo, a village in Morrow County about 38 miles north of Columbus, told WBNS-10TV that there was a dispute over a pickup truck and that he feared for his life.
Lee has been in the Delaware County Jail on a $500,00 bond. A Morrow County Municipal Court Judge ruled that Lee be held without bond.
A Morrow County man has been charged with two counts of murder and a female companion charged with complicity in the Monday shooting deaths of a man and woman.
According to Morrow County Sheriff John L. Hinton, Linda Vannatta and Brandon Petty.were fatally shot at about 4:25 a.m. in Harmony Township. Two other shooting victims survived. Neither a motive nor the names of surviving victims has been released.
Brian Lee, 39, of Marengo, a village in Morrow County about 38 miles north of Columbus off Interstate 71, was in the Delaware County Jail and in the process of being extradited to Morrow County.
On May 25, 2021, the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office charged Brian A. Lee, 39 of Marengo with 2 counts of Murder in connection with the shooting deaths of Linda Vannatta, 57 and Brandon Petty, 38 early Monday morning in Harmony Township.