TOLEDO, Ohio — A 32-year-old man is in critical condition after shooting himself following a lengthy standoff situation with Toledo police in east Toledo on Friday night.
In a statement issued on Saturday afternoon, the Ashland, Kentucky Police Department said John Tooson, from Toledo and Ashland, fled to Toledo from Ashland after shooting and killing two women earlier that morning.
Ashland police say they found the women, 20-year-old Selina Easter and 18-year-old Summer Algarakhuly, just after 8 a.m. while doing a welfare check at a home. Both were suffering from gunshot wounds and were later declared deceased.
An infant was also found at the residence, unharmed on the floor.
Ashland police say Tooson fled to Toledo in Easter’s car after shooting the women.
Law enforcement, including the U.S. Marshals fugitive task force, later determined Tooson was at a home Utah St. and Greenwood in east Toledo.
When they arrived, around 5:30 p.m., police say Tooson barricaded himself inside the house.
For the next six hours plus, the TPD SWAT team and police negotiators attempted to remove Tooson from the home as neighbors stood by.
Finally, around midnight, Tooson came out the front door in an apparent move to surrender, but then re-entered the home and came back outside with a firearm with which he shot himself.
Tooson was rushed to the hospital where he is in critical condition in intensive care as of Saturday afternoon.
Tooson will be charged with 2 counts of Murder, Wanton Endangerment, and Theft of an Automobile.
Ashland is a city on the Ohio River southeast of Cincinnati, near Ironton, Ohio.
WTOL 11 reached out to Toledo police on Saturday morning.
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