5 Family Members Found Fatally Shot in Ohio Home by Police Performing Welfare Check

5 Family Members Found Fatally Shot in Ohio Home by Police Performing Welfare Check
Police tape lines the front yard at a home in Lake Township, Ohio, on Aug. 25, 2023. Nancy Molnar/The Canton Repository via AP
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LAKE TOWNSHIP, Ohio—Police performing a welfare check at an Ohio home found five family members inside who had died from gunshot wounds, including three children.

The bodies were found around 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Lake Township, according to Uniontown police. They were identified as Jason Dunham, 46, and his wife, Melissa Dunham, 42, and their children, Renee, 15; Amber, 12; and Evan, 9.