Jailed suspect in Morrow County homicides says he wants death penalty Dean Narciso, The Columbus Dispatch
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.