A judge was ambushed and shot Monday morning as he walked
toward the Jefferson County Courthouse, and both the judge and a probation
officer returned fire, fatally wounding the suspect, reported the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A
passenger in the suspect’s car has been questioned by police.
Steubenville City Manager James Mavromatis said that
Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph J. Bruzzese Jr. was shot as he
walked just outside the courthouse shortly after 8 a.m. The judge was armed and
returned fire, firing at least five shots, according to Jefferson County
Sheriff Fred Abdalla. A probation officer fired an unknown number of
shots. And the suspect, identified as Nathaniel Richmond, fired five shots.
The Steubenville police, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s
department and the FBI are investigating. The FBI is helping with the
investigation, said Jefferson County prosecuting attorney Jane Hanlin, “because
we asked them to.”
Mr. Richmond was hit three times by gunfire, the
sheriff said. He is the father of Ma’lik Richmond, who was convicted in
the 2012 rape of a 16-year-old girl from Weirton, W.Va. Ma’lik was a high
school football player at the time. The case gained national attention because
the victim was incapacitated and because pictures from the scene were
circulated on social media.
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