Danny Thornton, 47
Grove City, Ohio
November 22, 2013
Agencies: Grove City Ohio Division of police
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: almost 6 years ago
Overview 
An Ohio man suspected of critically wounding an ex-girlfriend and the son of another former girlfriend in a shooting rampage on Friday was killed by police in a gunfight in a store parking lot that left an officer seriously wounded, police said.
Danny Thornton, 47, is suspected of shooting a 9-year-old boy when he answered the door at a suburban home and driving across town to shoot a woman working at a dentist's office in Columbus, Columbus Police Sergeant Rich Weiner told a news conference.
The boy was listed in critical condition at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Weiner said. Grove City police said the woman, who they said was a friend of the boy's mother, was in critical condition at a local hospital.
Weiner said two people who knew Thornton alerted police that he had told them after he shot the boy and woman that he had murdered two people and was not going back to jail.
Weiner did not say how Thornton was located, but when police found him he jumped from his car and "raised his weapon to officers."
Additional Resources:
- http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shooting-ohio-idUSBRE9AL11420131122 added April 24, 2016 11:40
- https://www.facebook.com/KilledByPolice/posts/735580263136780 added April 24, 2016 11:34