CHILLICOTHE, Ohio. — There are currently more questions than answers surrounding Friday's mass shooting in Pike County.
Here is what we know so far (will be updated as new information arrives):
TIMELINE
7:53 a.m., Friday: The Pike County Sheriff’s Office is called to 4077 Union Hill Road. The caller says there is a lot of blood and two male victims.
As deputies are responding, they are flagged down and told about two more addresses, 4199 and 3122 Union Hill Road. In all, seven victims, all adults, are found dead in the three homes.
1:36 p.m., Friday: Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine sends out a news release stating that at least seven people were murdered in “execution-style killings.” DeWine says it is not an active-shooter situation. However, investigators are still trying to determine if the killer — or killers — is among the victims or on the loose.
Unspecified time, Friday afternoon: Officials are alerted to a fourth crime scene on Left Fork Road, where an eighth victim, a 16-year-old male, is found.
4:15 p.m., Friday: DeWine and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader host a press conference. They confirm seven adults and a 16-year-old boy are dead. All were shot in the head. Many were in bed at the time.
Only three children survived — a now 5-day-old, a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old.
11:30 a.m., Saturday: The attorney general, via press release, said the shootings are still under investigation and no arrests had been made.
DeWine said he spoke with Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Saturday morning to update him on the investigation.
12 p.m., Saturday: The AG's office said the Hamilton County Coroner's Office will be performing autopsies on the eight victims Saturday.
A call placed to Hamilton County Coroner Lakshmi Sammarco was not immediately returned.
12:50 p.m. Saturday: Kimberly Newman, a member of the Ohio Crisis Response Team, read a short statement on behalf of the Rhoden family.
"The Rhoden family would like to thank everyone for all the outpouring for prayers and support for their family," she read. "They ask that you continue to keep them in your prayers. They'd like to thank all law enforcement from Pike County and all surrounding counties for their immediate response, especially to Sheriff Charlie Reader for all his hard work."
Newman also thanked the Ohio Attorney General's Office and the Bureau of Criminal Investigations, as well as the first responders and victim advocates. She encouraged anyone with information about the shootings to contact law enforcement at 855-BCI-OHIO.
2 p.m. Saturday: Cincinnati-area restaurateur Jeff Ruby offered a $25,000 reward for any information about the Pike County shootings that would lead to an arrest and conviction. Ruby announced his reward on Twitter and a release quickly followed from the Attorney General's Office.
3 p.m. Saturday: The Attorney General's Office released audio from two 911 calls that came to dispatchers after the discovery of the mass shooting scene in Pike County Friday morning.
A partial transcription of the initial call:
“I think my brother-in-law is dead,” said a distraught caller speaking with a female 911 operator while gasping for breath. She said two men, Chris Rhoden and Gary Rhoden, at 4077 Union Hill Road appear to be dead.
“There’s blood all over the house. My brother-in-law is in the bedroom and it looks like someone has beat the hell out of him,” she said.
The call was placed at 7:49 a.m. Friday morning. The woman had driven to the house and discovered the horrifying scene.
“I think they are both dead,” she said.
A partial transcription of another 911 call:
“I need a deputy to come out to close to 799 Left Fork. It’s all that stuff that’s on the news. I just found my cousin with a gunshot wound,” a male caller said. He identified the man with a gunshot wound as Kenneth Rhoden.
When asked if Kenneth Rhoden was alive, the male caller just said, “No. no.” The call came in at 1:26 p.m. Friday.
“I just went in hollering at him, and checked if he was alright, and I looked up at him and he had a gunshot wound,” the man said.
5:35 p.m. Saturday: The Attorney General's Office released the names of the victims of Friday morning's mass shooting in Pike County.
The deceased are: Hannah Gilley, 20, Christopher, Rhoden Sr., 40, Christopher Rhoden Jr., 16, Clarence "Frankie" Rhoden, 20, Dana Rhoden, 37, Gary Rhoden, 38, Hanna Rhoden, 19, and Kenneth Rhoden, 44.
The Attorney General's Office announced that work at each of the four crime scenes has been completed.
THE RHODEN FAMILY
Victims of the mass shooting were all related.
The first seven victims were located by Pike County deputies at 4077 Union Hill Road, 4199 Union Hill Road and 3122 Union Hill Road, all in Pike County.
The initial 911 call was for the 4077 Union Hill address, which is the home of Christopher Rhoden.
Pastor Phil Fulton, of Union Hill Church, said one of the deceased is 37-year-old Dana Manley Rhoden, Christopher Rhoden's ex-wife.
A fourth crime scene with an eighth victim, a 16-year-old boy, was established near Left Fork Road's intersection with OH 772 in Pike County.
Three small children, a now 5-day-old, a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old survived the shootings. The Pike County Sheriff's Office and the Ohio Attorney General's Office have not said who is currently caring for the children.
THE INVESTIGATION
With four crime scenes, the investigation is a large and complex one, Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader said Friday.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office was contacted at the outset of the investigation and sent more than 30 Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents to the scenes.
At a Friday press conference, DeWine said evidence at the scenes did not indicate any of the eight deaths were via suicide, suggesting a suspect is still at large.
Police detained a "person of interest" in Chillicothe late Friday night, but DeWine said that person was just one of 30 who were interviewed Friday in connection with the case.
Reader said the family appeared to be targeted and there was "no specific threat to the community."
A Saturday morning press release distributed by the Attorney General's Office said no arrests have been made and Ohio Gov. John Kasich had been briefed on the situation.
The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is performing the victim autopsies Saturday, the Attorney General's Office said.
Authorities are urging anyone with information that could help to call 855-BCI-OHIO.
