Update: Twinsburg Officer Is Fatally Shot

Suspect, 23, to be arraigned Monday

 


 

Bill Lilley, Beacon Journal | Sunday, July 13, 2008

TWINSBURG, Ohio -- Twinsburg police are providing few details about the shooting death early Sunday of a popular officer.

Joshua T. Miktarian, 33, of Tallmadge, an 11-year veteran of the Twinsburg department who also played guitar in a rock band and owned a pizza shop, was shot to death during what police described as a routine traffic check about 2 a.m. Sunday.

Ashford Thompson, 23, of Twinsburg, was arrested by Bedford Heights police less than an hour later at a home on Cambridge Road. He was taken to the Summit County Jail and is expected to be charged Monday.

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