Deputy shot and killed, Officer wounded at mobile home park.

ENON, Ohio — A sheriff's deputy investigating a report of gunfire at a trailer park was shot dead Saturday, and the shooting suspect was killed after a furious standoff with police, authorities said. A police officer was wounded.

The slain deputy was married and was the mother of two children, Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly said. He didn't release the names of the deputy or the suspect killed in the standoff in Enon Beach, about 50 miles west of Columbus.

The deputy was shot as she tried to photograph a footprint in the mobile-home park, Kelly said.

"Our deputy never had the opportunity to return fire or take cover," he said at a press conference.

Police officers were trying to retrieve the deputy's body when the suspect fired on them from inside a trailer, and a German Township officer was wounded in a large exchange of gunfire, Kelly said. There were "many, many, many" shots fired by the suspect and police, he said.

It appears that it was gunfire from Clark County deputies that killed the suspect, said Kelly, who has been sheriff for 24 years. He said he had hired the slain deputy and had known her since the police academy. He called her "just a good person, an outstanding deputy," and said she was the first officer he's lost.

"This," Kelly said, "is the worst day of my entire law enforcement career."


RIP Clark County Sheriff's Deputy Suzanne Hopper and heal quickly German Township Officer Jeremy Blum.

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[dbphotos]

You idiots can keep trying to post defamatory comments, but they will all be removed and you will be blocked. I can even identify when the same people post from different accounts, so don't waste your breath. No one will read it.

[ydaani]

I am heartened to see the good will from the posters so far. It's too bad that coming soon are comments from awful people who will mock the officer's death and treat it as a joke. God Bless both officers.

[dbphotos]

@ydaani They have been coming fast and furious, but I delete them.

[slowgynn]

@fishmanMarch61 i agree with you 100%!!knowing you're locked up for life is enuff to mess with anyone's mind!!

[mac420ization]

why do so many people hate cops now?Its almost 50/50 the amout of haters. Did the police do something to change the publics mind?I

[UnitedKorean]

I THINK THE POLICE SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL WHEN DOING THE JOB. I MEAN, HOW CAN THE OFFICER BE GUNNED DOWN SO CLOSE TO THE CARAVAN? AREN'T THEY SUPPOSED TO CHECK FIRST WHETHER THE SUSPECT IS GONE AND THAT THE AREA IS CLEAR?

[kegler27]

what an absolute shame. i feel for her family and especially the 2 children. R.I.P.

[neckarsulme]

Why was the deputy trying to photograph a footprint? Didn't the duputy know shots had been fired? Where was the deputy's partner? So many questions.

[SeedsOfHatred]

We had a pretty harrowing experience here in VA a few years ago at a trailer park. Our Animal Control officer was the only one close enough to respond to a man who was holding his wife and children at gunpoint. When the deputy arrived, the man fired a 12 guage slug at him and it literally grazed his cheek. The deputy then opened fire on him in return and killed him.

He still has a light scar on his face to this day.

[fishmanMarch61]

I think life in prison is harsher than being killed.

Anyone agree?

[4IcyHot]

Assult/Automatic rifles now being carried by PD agencies across the US is the result of the Hollywood Bank of America shoot out. LAPD had 9mm and bank robbers had AK-47's that was a badass shot out

[brucekirk89]

what did they go to arrest him for??

[agent4051]

@dbphotos Thank you