MORROW COUNTY, Ohio — A man and woman have been charged in connection to Morrow County shootings that left two people dead and two others injured.
Brian Lee, 39, has been charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of Linda Vannatta and Brandon Petty, the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
Additionally, 27-year-old Leeann Kinder has been charged with two counts of complicity to murder.
Lee was apprehended in the area of Grasmere Avenue in Columbus Monday evening.
Sheriff John Hinton said the shootings happened on Monday around 4:25 a.m. in Harmony Township.
Columbus police said Lee is believed to have stolen a car near East Woodrow Avenue and South High Street Monday afternoon.
Police were able to locate him and arrest him in a back yard. The prosecutor later said Lee drove 120 miles per hour, at times without headlights and the wrong way down streets, in an attempt to avoid police prior to his arrest.
Several agencies were involved in the arrest including the Columbus Division of Police, Delaware County Sheriff's Office, Genoa Township Police Department and Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Lee is in custody at the Delaware County Jail on a $500,000 bond and his arraignment is set for June 3. Kinder is also being held at the Delaware County Jail.
Lee is also charged with failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer and and receiving stolen property.