Springfield woman identified as 1 of 4 people shot, killed at Madison Co. apartment

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WEST JEFFERSON — Four people were found shot and killed in and around an apartment in West Jefferson in Madison County Monday afternoon, according to our news partners at WBNS-TV in Columbus.

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The shooting happened at an apartment on Jackson Street in West Jefferson around 5:25 p.m. Monday. Police found one person dead outside and later found three others dead inside an apartment unit, police told the news station.

Police have not released information about a suspect but investigators said it could have been a targeted event based on the location of the apartment.

The victims were identified Tuesday as:

  • Jamie Danielle Lavender, 30, of Springfield
  • Leon Billy Daniels, 38, of London,
  • Andrew Thomas Swindall, 45, of West Jefferson
  • Shawon A. Wright, 45, of London

“Something brought somebody to a dead-end street,” West Jefferson Police Chief Chris Floyd told WBNS-TV Monday.

West Jefferson police are leading the investigation but are receiving assistance from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Witnesses or anyone with any information about the shooting is asked to contact the West Jefferson Police Department Detective Bureau at 614-879-7672, or the department’s anonymous phone tip line at 614-379-5175.