COLUMBUS, OHIO – A person needed in Toledo for the horrific homicide of his 13-year-old daughter was shot by Columbus Law enforcement officials Tuesday morning after allegedly pulling a gun throughout a confrontation. Darnell Jones, 33, was apprehended in Columbus as authorities have been trying to find him in reference to the demise of Kei’Mani Latigue, who had been reported lacking final week.
In keeping with police, the incident occurred round 10:00 AM when officers encountered Jones. In the course of the confrontation, Jones allegedly brandished a firearm, prompting an officer to fireside at him. Jones was subsequently hospitalized and is at present listed in steady situation.
Along with the Toledo homicide cost, Jones now faces a cost of Felonious Assault – Peace Officer in Columbus. His arraignment in Franklin County, initially scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed resulting from his hospitalization.
The case has been described as exceptionally disturbing. FOP official Brian Metal acknowledged, “This is without doubt one of the most horrific circumstances I’ve ever heard of. It is a 14-year-old who was murdered, raped, had her palms lower off and her throat nearly lower off.”
Legislation enforcement businesses had been alerted on Monday to be looking out for Jones. The Columbus Police SWAT crew was helping the Toledo Police Division within the search when the capturing occurred. Authorities confirmed that no officers have been injured in the course of the incident, and it stays unclear whether or not Jones fired any photographs from the weapon recovered on the scene.
The physique of Kei’Mani Latigue was tragically found on Monday, March twenty fourth, on the second ground of an deserted home on Miami Road in Toledo. This grim discovery got here simply hours after Jones was initially charged with abduction within the teen’s disappearance. Charging paperwork from Toledo alleged that Jones was the final individual seen with Kei’Mani earlier than she went lacking and that he offered inconsistent accounts of her whereabouts. Following the invention of her physique, Jones was additionally charged with homicide and felonious assault. The motive behind the crime stays underneath investigation.
An post-mortem performed by the Lucas County Coroner’s Workplace decided that Kei’Mani died of a number of “incised wounds of the neck” and dominated her demise a murder.
A spokesperson for the town of Toledo introduced that the deserted home the place Kei’Mani’s physique was discovered shall be demolished as soon as the Toledo Police investigation concludes. Within the interim, metropolis crews have secured the property and eliminated particles. “What occurred right here was an unspeakable tragedy and we hope eradicating the construction could be a part of the trouble to assist the group heal,” the spokesperson acknowledged.
Kei’Mani Latigue, a pupil at Spring Elementary Faculty, was simply days away from her 14th birthday. A spokesperson for Toledo Public Faculties shared that Kei’Mani was scheduled to obtain a kindness award later this week and had lately been acknowledged on the faculty’s Honor Roll Meeting. “The scholars and employees at Spring Elementary are saddened by the lack of their pal and classmate, Kei’Maini Latigue,” the TPS spokesperson mentioned, remembering her as “very personable and somebody who obtained alongside effectively with others.”
Kei’Mani’s mom, Tiara Kasten, spoke to native information, recalling the final time she noticed her daughter on March fifteenth. The household has confirmed that the Brown Legacy Memorial funeral residence in Toledo is the designated channel for group donations in direction of memorial providers.
