(Dearborn County, IN) – One man is dead and another in custody following a death investigation and manhunt in southern Dearborn County on Thursday morning.
The Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office says it was around 5:41 a.m. when deputies were dispatched to the area of U.S. 50 near Campo Verde Drive and Gilday Drive in Dillsboro after a caller reported hearing gunshots. The caller also reported a blue vehicle heading east on 50 and that one of the occupants did not look good.
A second caller reported a blue SUV pulled down Texas Gas Road and two people in the vehicle – one of whom was lying down in a seat.
At around 5:55 a.m., a Dearborn County deputy spotted a vehicle stopped in the roadway on Hueseman Road. The deputy approached the vehicle, which was a bright blue SUV, and after a brief interaction with the driver, the man fled in the vehicle.
Several other law enforcement officers headed to the area but they lost sight of the vehicle for a short time.
The blue SUV with Kentucky license plates was located unoccupied around 6:06 a.m., and it had crashed into an embankment near 9750 Hueseman Road. A perimeter was immediately set up near the crash scene.
It was around 7:20 a.m. when a Dearborn County deputy found the body of a man in a wooded area along Texas Gas Road near the intersection with Hueseman.
The victim appeared to have suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
A search of the area, which included a helicopter, drones and K9 units, led to a temporary closing of Texas Gas Road and prompted the sheriff’s office to advise residents to lock their doors and be vigilant.
A male suspect was seen in a creek and arrested around 11:12 a.m.
The investigation is ongoing, and there is no longer any danger to the public.
The victim’s body was taken to the Hamilton County Morgue in Cincinnati for an autopsy.
The names of the two men involved have not been released.
The Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Indiana State Police; the Lawrenceburg, Dillsboro, and Aurora police departments; Dearborn County 911 Center; Indiana DNR; Boone County (Kentucky) Sheriff’s Office; Ohio County Sheriff’s Office; Dearborn County Coroner’s Office, and Aurora EMS.
