Ohio shooting leaves four persons dead

WEST CHESTER, Apr 30 (AP): Three women and a man were found dead at an apartment complex in Ohio where multiple gunshots were fired, police said on Monday. No suspect has been identified.

A man called 911 around 10pm on Sunday, saying he had arrived at the complex in a northern Cincinnati suburb to find four members of his family on the floor, according to West Chester Township police.

"They are on the ground and bleeding," said the caller, often choking up and out of breath as the dispatcher struggled to get details from him. "They are all bleeding."

At times, he can be heard on the 911 audio frantically yelling "Help!" apparently to neighbors at the Lakefront at West Chester complex.

Township Police Chief Joel Herzog said at a news conference Monday that it's too early in the investigation to suggest a motive. It will be up to the Butler County coroner to determine the cause of death and release the victims' identities, Herzog said.

Herzog said that it didn't appear that anyone had shot back at the perpetrator or perpetrators, whom police were still working to identify. They were also interviewing family members and neighbors.