

“That’s why I know that whatever happened, it was an accident. They loved that little girl,” Don Ulry, who lives next door to the family, told the news station.

“You could tell that she was the apple of their eye. Neighbors told Fox28 they were shocked to learn of Noelle’s death, one man describing Jason Massuros as a good father. While, we.Posted by Pataskala PD on Sunday, December 15, 2019 If you happen to see one of your local heroes today, thank them.”Īs many of you have read in local media outlets, we had a very tragic event take place in our city yesterday. “Today, please know that we all will grieve and recover in our own way. Know, you had some of the finest men and women protecting your community yesterday.

Each and everyone one of us would do it again if called upon today. “So many of us put ourselves in harm’s way in an attempt to save a life, which we did. “The sacrifice that so many made yesterday was astounding,” the statement read. In a Facebook statement posted Sunday morning, Pataskala police officials praised the “tremendous teamwork that went into resolving the incident” at the couple’s home. He was taken into custody around 2:40 p.m., the newspaper reported.

When Jason Massuros moved his finger from the trigger, officers used a Taser to shock him. “The father sat on a couch in the lower level living room with an AR-15 rifle under his chin and his finger on the trigger,” a police news release obtained by the Advocate said. Jason Massuros spent the next several hours negotiating with police officers. Noelle was rushed to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. “And (shouting), ‘We need a medic.’ I saw her arms and hands were dangling.” “He was holding (the girl) and running down the road,” neighbor Vidal Garcia told WSYX. Fox28 reported that the man warned officers not to enter the room.Īn officer, realizing that paramedics would not be able to come inside due to the standoff, grabbed Noelle and ran outside with her, the news station reported. In the basement, Jason Massuros had the AR-15 rifle pointed at himself and was threatening suicide, the Advocate reported. Neighbors said they saw three officers run inside the home, their weapons drawn, WSYX in Columbus reported. Pataskala police officers arrived at the family’s home in the 300 block of Haystack Avenue to find Mary Massuros and her daughter on the upper level of the home. She then told the dispatcher, who was helping guide her through CPR, that she was also trying to deal with another person in the home who had the gun and was becoming agitated, the Advocate reported. f19PEEqG6Q- Geoff Redick December 14, 2019Īs she attempted to revive her daughter, Mary Massuros told the dispatcher the girl had “just turned 2 yesterday.” Shortly afterwards, a family member became emotionally unstable and sparked an hours-long standoff with and the Licking County Sheriff’s Office. AWFUL: a 2-year-old girl is dead after a mid-morning shooting here on Haystack Ct.
