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NIMISHILLEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Two people died following a reported domestic violence incident early Wednesday, November 11, according to a Stark County Sheriff’s Office account carried by Cleveland 19.
Deputies were dispatched around 3 a.m. to the 4100 block of Broadway Avenue Northeast after a caller reported that a man had shot a woman inside a home.
The report identified the woman as Lorene Denton, 70, and the man as Jeffery Denton, 64. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene; the man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The caller was found alive upstairs and received hospital care for injuries described as non-life-threatening.
The sheriff’s office said the incident remained under investigation.
