Person fired gun at others causing car crash in Coal Grove, Coal Grove OH

Weapons

Reported: 10/26/2025 06:14 PM

Memorial St & High St, Coal Grove, OH 45638

A person fired a gun at others near Memorial Street and High Street in Coal Grove, Ohio. This shooting caused a car to crash. The armed suspect, named (name withheld), was last seen at the intersection of High and Memorial streets. Multiple people were involved in the conflict at the scene.

Audio|Source: Lawrence County Public Safety

02:19

Transcript:

00:00

I've got the original caller on the phone.

00:02

Somebody has a firearm.

00:05

She said somebody shot at them and now they have crashed their car. I'm still trying to get further. She's screaming at somebody now.

00:13

Okay.

00:14

I'm three something.

00:21

I'm going to hide in sight of order.

00:23

We're on High Street, too.

00:29

On 9-409, additional cars that are in front of his house.

00:35

near Memorial St.

00:50

I'm 45 from the residents. I want to attempt to locate that crash on County Road 322. It sounds like it'll be just south or southeast of County Road 123.

01:01

Okay.

01:08

He's now saying there's a male subject named (name withheld) sitting at the corner of High Memorial.

01:13

He is supposed to be the one with a firearm. I'm trying to get a description for you guys.

01:22

You guys near Memorial St.

01:28

No, that's a term, an additional power bike.

01:34

You're going to have to be at High Street, Memorial Street.

01:41

Yeah.

01:44

And I'm going to respond to the head. It will be right here at my memorial front of the old monitor school.

01:56

At a high street,

01:59

an RP's hung up the phone, they were still slightly arguing with the other people, said the subject with the firearm.

02:06

Apparently, his whole family was after her, and someone had fired at them as well to kick this whole thing off.

02:13

It ended up crashing and the subject with the firearm. It was supposed to the intersection of high and the morning.

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Memorial St & High St, Coal Grove, OH 45638

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