An Ohio man is dead following an encounter with police after he abducted his 7-year-old non-custodial daughter from a relative’s house, authorities said.
On Monday, Nov. 11, at about 3 p.m., Charles Alexander, 43, took the girl from a relative’s house in Empire following an argument and a physical altercation, the Associated Pressreports.
An Amber Alert was immediately issued, asking the public to be on the lookout for a Ford F-650 U-Haul truck with Arizona plates after Alexander took the girl without permission, WOIO reports.
At about 8 p.m. that night in Brunswick, police tried to stop Alexander, who led authorities on a chase involving multiple departments, the Medina County Sheriff’s Office said, according to the AP.
Police deployed law enforcement devices that deflated his tires.
Alexander drove the U-Hall with the flattened tires off an exit to a fast-food restaurant, where he spoke with several dispatch centers by phone before he was shot, the sheriff’s office said, the AP reports.
He died shortly after, The Columbus Dispatch reports.
The sheriff’s statement didn’t say whether Alexander was armed or what led officers to open fire, the AP reports.
The girl was found safe in Medina and returned to her relatives, the sheriff’s office said.
