Deadly Transaction: Darke County Shooting and Car Chase Ends in Tragedy on Coletown-Lightsville Road
Darke County, Ohio – A local sheriff provided critical details about a violent encounter in Darke County that culminated in a shooting and vehicular crash on Thursday afternoon, resulting in one fatality and leaving another person seriously injured. Sheriff Mark Whittaker reported that the incident began as an arranged meeting at a residence on State Route 571, planned between 57-year-old Josiah “Joe” Maloon and Randy Ward II. The meeting, however, escalated quickly into violence, leading …