{"id":2012690,"date":"2023-08-26T01:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T05:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-family-members-found-fatally-shot-in-ohio-home-by-police-performing-welfare-check\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T01:22:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T05:22:21","slug":"5-family-members-found-fatally-shot-in-ohio-home-by-police-performing-welfare-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-family-members-found-fatally-shot-in-ohio-home-by-police-performing-welfare-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Police performing a welfare check in Ohio found 5 family members fatally shot in their home."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F5-family-members-found-fatally-shot-in-ohio-home-by-police-performing-welfare-check%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012690&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tragic Shooting Leaves \u200dFive \u200dFamily Members Dead in Ohio Home<\/h2>\n<p>In a \u2062heartbreaking incident, police performing a welfare check \u2063at\u2063 an Ohio home made a devastating discovery. Inside the\u200b residence, they found the lifeless bodies of \u200bfive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kennedy-family-members-put-on-blast-for-how-they-are-treating-rfk-jr-the-mark-of-totalitarian-systems\/\" title=\"Kennedy family criticized for treatment of RFK Jr.: 'Revealing totalitarian traits'\">family \u200cmembers<\/a>, all victims of gunshot wounds. Among the deceased were Jason Dunham, 46, his \u2064wife\u2063 Melissa Dunham, \u206342, and their three children: Renee, 15; Amber, \u206312; and Evan, \u200b9.<\/p>\n<p>The shocking incident took place in \u2064Lake Township around 7:30 p.m. \u2062on\u200b Thursday, as reported\u200d by Uniontown police. While authorities suspect a domestic dispute \u2062that turned deadly, it remains unclear who fired the fatal shots. The \u200dinvestigation is ongoing,\u2062 and \u200bofficials have refrained \u2063from providing further details at \u2063this time, including the \u2063reason for the welfare check and\u200b the identity\u200b of the person who requested it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related \u2064Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/gunman-first-opened-fire-on-estranged-wife-in-california-mass-shooting-sheriff-5480428\">Gunman First Opened Fire on\u200c Estranged Wife in\u200c California Mass Shooting: Sheriff<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/24\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/bail-for-man-charged-over-bikie-shooting-murder-5479619\">Bail for Man Charged Over Bikie Shooting Murder<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/23\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Bureau \u2064of \u2062Criminal Investigation was present at the scene to\u200d assist\u200b in \u2062collecting and documenting evidence. However, all inquiries\u2063 regarding the case \u200chave been directed to Uniontown police, who have\u200c jurisdiction over \u2063a portion of Lake Township.<\/p>\n<p>Edmond Gadzacko, a neighbor of the Dunham family, expressed shock and\u2064 disbelief\u2064 over the tragedy. He described the Dunhams as friendly neighbors with\u200d whom he had \u2064never encountered \u200cany issues. Gadzacko mentioned that his \u2064grandchildren often \u2062played with the Dunham children during visits.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-family-members-found-fatally-shot-in-ohio-home-by-police-performing-welfare-check\/\" title=\"Police performing a welfare check in Ohio found 5 family members fatally shot in their home.\">children attended schools<\/a> within\u2062 the Lake Local School District, according to Superintendent Kevin\u200b Tobin. In response to the devastating event, the district has activated its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-san-diego-mayor-faulconer-decries-dem-proposal-to-breach-privacy-of-petition-signers-in-calif\/\" title=\"Fmr. San Diego Mayor Faulconer decries Dem proposal to breach privacy of petition signers in Calif.\">crisis response team<\/a> and provided counselors for both\u2063 staff and\u2063 students.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Tobin expressed his condolences and stated, \u201cIt\u2019s \u200ba very, very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-teens-set-mentally-ill-man-on-fire-if-races-were-reversed-it-would-be-a-national-story\/\" title=\"Two Teens Set Mentally Ill Man On Fire; If Races Were Reversed It Would Be A National Story\">tragic incident<\/a>, and we will just rally as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-furious-after-school-official-uses-their-kids-in-photo-to-defend-schools-staying-closed\/\" title=\"Parents Furious After School Official Uses Their Kids In Photo To Defend Schools Staying Closed\">school community<\/a> and as Lake Local \u200bcommunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Lake Township, Ohio discovered the lifeless bodies of Jason Dunham, 46, his wife Melissa Dunham, 42, and their three children during a welfare check. All five family members had tragically succumbed to gunshot wounds. The devastating incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, as reported by Uniontown police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2012691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}