Vermillion, Ohio – Two people have been arrested in connection with the July shootings in Vermilion.
According to a Facebook post, U.S. Marshals arrested a 16-year-old on Thursday and charged him with multiple felonies in Lorain County Juvenile Court in connection with several shooting incidents on July 23.
On August 5, Jacob Bray, 18, surrendered to Vermilion Police detectives.
Bray was charged with these felonies:
- Discharging a firearm into a habitation (F2)
- Discharge of a firearm at or near a prohibited premises (F3)
- Two counts of improper transport of a firearm in a motor vehicle (F4)
- Improper furnishing of a firearm to a minor (F5)
Bray’s bond was set at $50,000, and the case was bound over the Lorain County Grand Jury.
According to a Vermilion Police Department release dated August 2, an investigation into the shootings that occurred on July 23 between 3:23 a.m. and 5:33 a.m. resulted in the identification of a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old suspect.
During a raid on Aug. 1, the Vermilion Police Department discovered two weapons allegedly linked to four shooting incidents.
One of the shootings involved shooting an occupied home several times with a rifle. The shooting left no one injured.
Police executed two search warrants at the suspects’ homes on Friday, one in Lorain and the other in Sheffield Lake.
Police said two firearms, a 20-gauge shotgun and a 5.56 mm rifle, were discovered on the Sheffield Lake property.
“These appear to be the firearms used in the incident. They will be sent to the BCI laboratory for ballistic testing and confirmation, according to the release.
Police said that if ballistics tests confirm that these weapons were used in the shootings, the suspects will be charged and their identities released.
“There has been no indication that any areas or homes were specifically targeted during the shootings. “It appears that these locations were chosen at random,” the release stated.
