Oakwood, Ohio—On Friday, January 19, 2018, at 4:52 p.m., deputies were dispatched to 115 North First Street in the Village of Oakwood, Paulding County, for a suicidal man with a gun to his head.
Deputy Sheriff Jared Renollet arrived on scene approximately five minutes after being dispatched. Deputy Renollet encountered Ray J. Osborn, age 47, from Continental, Ohio in a truck with a female standing by the passenger door. Mr. Osborn exited the vehicle and had a pistol to his head. Deputy Renollet gave verbal commands to Mr. Osborn to drop his weapon. During the exchange of orders from Deputy Renollet and Mr. Osborn, Mr. Osborn pointed his weapon toward Deputy Renollet. Deputy Renollet fired three rounds from his duty weapon at Mr. Osborn. No bullets struck the suspect, but did strike the driver’s window.
Mr. Osborn put his pistol inside his truck and walked toward the deputy. Noticing the suspect no longer had a weapon; Deputy Renollet holstered his duty weapon and deployed his Taser, as Mr. Osborn continued to not follow commands. Deputy Renollet and his back-up officer were then able to take Mr. Osborn into custody.
Mr. Osborn was treated and released at a local hospital and then taken to the Paulding County Jail. His charges were not determined by the Prosecutor’s Office at the time of this press release.
“I am grateful no one was hurt as a result of this incident,” said Sheriff Jason K. Landers. “After viewing the scene and reviewing initial statements this could have ended much worse. An internal investigation will be completed to ensure Jared complied with office policy. From what I know right now he did a fantastic job,” said Sheriff Landers.
This criminal investigation continues. There is no other information to release at this time.
