Man shot on Tryon Road identified | News

SAYBROOK — A man shot to death in his Tryon Road home on May 31 has been identified as John Perry, 63, said Amber Stewart, chief investigator and Ashtabula County coroner's administrator.

Ashtabula County Sheriff's deputies were called to the home after the man allegedly pointed a gun at children around 7 p.m. on May 31, according to a news release from the Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office.

Ashtabula County Sheriff William Niemi said Perry also pointed a gun at deputies and then retreated to his home. Niemi said the Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga County SWAT team was called to the scene.

Niemi said negotiations continued for several hours before Perry fired at the SWAT team's vehicles and the team returned fire, killing him.

Stewart said the cause of death was a gunshot, but she doesn't yet know how many times Perry was shot. She said the final cause of death will be determined by the results of an autopsy performed by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office.

She said the investigation is ongoing in conjunction with the sheriff's office and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Niemi asked BCI to investigate the incident since it was a police officer-involved shooting.

“The Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office has requested that BCI investigate the fatal officer involved shooting,” said Steve Irwin, press secretary for Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's office.

When the investigation is complete, the results will be presented to the Ashtabula County Prosecutor's Office, Irwin said.