Current:Home > InvestProsecutor: Grand jury decides against charges in troopers’ shooting of 2 after pursuit, kidnapping -Trailblazer Capital Learning
Prosecutor: Grand jury decides against charges in troopers’ shooting of 2 after pursuit, kidnapping
View
Date:2025-04-17 15:56:42
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — No charges will be filed in the shooting deaths of a man and woman in a gun battle with Ohio state troopers following a police pursuit and kidnapping last summer, authorities said.
The Montgomery County prosecutor’s office said Friday that a grand jury reviewed the Aug. 2 shooting of Rodney Helman, 54, and Elaine Helman, 51, and concluded that “the troopers acted lawfully under the circumstances.”
Police began pursing their van after they gave false information at an early morning traffic stop in London, Ohio, and then drove away, officials said. They stopped at a truck stop on US 42 and fled on foot, then got into an unlocked tractor-trailer cab and drove off. The truck driver, who was still inside, was shot in the hand, authorities said.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol and officers from other law enforcement agencies then chased the truck cab through several counties before the pursuit ended in Vandalia on Interstate 70 west, near the Dayton International Airport Access Road. Police then negotiated for about four hours before deciding to approach the vehicle, and when Rodney Helman fired a handgun, three troopers returned fire, hitting both suspects, who both died at a hospital, authorities said.
Prosecutors said both suspects had been shot once each. The truck driver was treated for a wound to the hand. Prosecutors said Rodney Helman’s handgun was recovered and ballistics confirmed that it had been fired at least twice.
veryGood! (65472)
Related
- Selena Gomez engaged to Benny Blanco after 1 year together: 'Forever begins now'
- Israel plans to build thousands more West Bank settlement homes after shooting attack, official says
- MLB's 'billion dollar answer': Building a horse geared to win in the modern game
- Gérard Depardieu faces new complaint amid more than a dozen sexual assault allegations
- Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
- Mohegan tribe to end management of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino at year’s end
- Wild weather’s coming: West readies for snow as Midwest gets a taste of summer
- Lionel Messi goal: Inter Miami ties LA Galaxy on late equalizer, with help from Jordi Alba
- Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
- Florida Man Games: See photos of the the wacky competitions inspired by the headlines
Ranking
- Elon Musk's skyrocketing net worth: He's the first person with over $400 billion
- Supreme Court to hear challenges to Texas, Florida social media laws
- Grenada police say a US couple whose catamaran was hijacked were likely thrown overboard and died
- Sophia Grace Will Have Your Heartbeat Runnin' Away With Son River's First Birthday Party
- Man can't find second winning lottery ticket, sues over $394 million jackpot, lawsuit says
- Sophia Grace Will Have Your Heartbeat Runnin' Away With Son River's First Birthday Party
- Zac Efron Reacts To Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce High School Musical Comparisons
- Loretta Lynn's Granddaughter Auditions for American Idol: Here's How She Did
Recommendation
Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)
West Virginia House passes bill to allow religious exemptions for student vaccines
Dishy-yet-earnest, 'Cocktails' revisits the making of 'Virginia Woolf'
Amy Schumer says criticism of her rounder face led to diagnosis of Cushing syndrome
In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
West Virginia medical professionals condemn bill that prohibits care to at-risk transgender youth
Florida Man Games: See photos of the the wacky competitions inspired by the headlines
Former MLB pitcher José DeLeón dies at 63