Police: 3 killed in Ohio murder-suicide

LANCASTER (AP) — Authorities in central Ohio say three people — including an off-duty police officer — were killed in a murder-suicide shooting overnight.

Police in Lancaster, southeast of Columbus, said in a statement that 38-year-old Stephanie Adams and 56-year-old Randy Bartow were found inside the woman’s home early Tuesday and pronounced dead at the scene.

Lancaster police Chief Dave Bailey said authorities believe 40-year-old Kevin Adams fired the shots. He was found alive but died shortly afterward at a hospital.

All are believed to have died from gunshots.

Police say Kevin and Stephanie Adams were granted a divorce in May.

Bailey said Bartow, who lived in nearby Logan, was an off-duty Lancaster police officer. He said Bartow had been on the force since 1993 and was “a very popular and successful officer.”