HIGHLAND COUNTY, Ohio — Cassen Kelso Conaway has been taken into custody, according to the Highland County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office announced the arrest in an update Friday night and thanked the agencies that worked to assist in his apprehension, according to the sheriff’s office.
Conaway, 20, of Highland County, was sought in connection with a fatal shooting on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 22, according to the sheriff’s office. At approximately 8:05 p.m. that evening, authorities responded to a shooting in the 13000 block of State Route 72 and found a 41-year-old male deceased, according to the sheriff’s office. The Highland County Coroner’s Office was called to the scene, according to the sheriff’s office.
Conaway had fled the scene before law enforcement’s arrival, according to the sheriff’s office, and an intensive, multi-agency manhunt continued throughout the night. The Highland County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit, the Highland County Sheriff’s Office Drone unit, the Greenfield Police Department’s K-9 unit, the Highland County Special Response Team, the Ohio State Patrol Aviation Unit, Ohio State Patrol Troopers, the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office and BCI&I assisted in the investigation and the search, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office did not say in its update where Conaway was taken into custody, and it did not announce charges in the update. The sheriff’s office has not named the 41-year-old male who died.
