MASON INN SHOOTING
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A WEEKEND WELLNESS CHECK RESULTED IN SHOTS FIRED AT WARREN COUNTY DEPUTIES IN DEERFILED TOWNSHIP.
WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WENT TO THE MASON INN ON SATURDAY NIGHT TO DO A WELLNESS CHECK ON 39-YEAR-OLD SETH FORESMAN WHO WAS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AT THE TIME. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, FORESMAN, WHO WAS IN A SECOND FLOOR HOTEL ROOM, OPENED FIRE ON THE DEPUTIES FIRING AS MANY AS 15 ROUNDS. IT IS UNCLEAR OF DEPUTIES FIRED BACK. NEITHER FORESMAN NOR ANY DEPUTIES WERE INJURED. HOTEL GUESTS WERE BARRICADED. FORESMAN EVENTUALLY SURRENDERED. HE FACES CHARGES OF INDUCING PANIC AND DISCHARGING A FIREARM WHILE INTOXICATED.