Indictment provides aid, healing for family members of murdered father
SPRINGFIELD TWP., Ohio (FOX19) – A Lincoln Heights person has been indicted in link with the shooting death of a guy in Springfield Township.
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Springfield Township law enforcement say Charles Ross was shot and killed on Sept. 2.
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David Steward, 31, is accused of shooting 41-12 months-old Charlie Ross in Springfield Township on Sept. 2. Ross’s 13-calendar year-old daughter listened to the gunshots, found his overall body in a close by subject and identified as 911, her mom informed FOX19 NOW beforehand.

Police later on arrested Steward on rates of aggravated murder and tampering ith proof.
According to courtroom files, police accuse Steward of ready throughout the avenue from Ross’s property for many hours and following him as he still left a park. Steward waited for Ross to journey his bicycle again by way of the park, at which issue he shot the 41-yr-old father 14 moments.
Steward later threw the gun in Winton Woods Lake, in accordance to the paperwork.
Police wrote in an affidavit Steward admitted to shooting Ross.
Ross’s household and close friends say they are relieved and that the indictment allows in the therapeutic process. Individuals who were being close to him say they want Ross remembered for how he lived, not how he died.
“Bubbly, always smiling, keen to aid anyone,” Renee Crawford said. “He did not have a great deal, but what he experienced, he would offer you it to you gladly.”
Crawford states Ross was effectively recognised about the community as a mechanic.
“He was this kind of a superior and loving individual,” she claimed. “I mean, if you met him you could not say a single undesirable issue about him.”
Crawford says although the indictment brings some closure, the agony will never ever go absent.
“A father was taken away, a son, a nephew,” she mentioned. “That was somebody’s little one.”
Ross’s spouse and children has not nonetheless laid him to rest. They are increasing income by way of a GoFundMe site to shell out for the company and plot.
Steward will be arraigned when extra on Oct. 9.
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