Ohio shootings: Eight members of Rhoden family killed in Pike County

At least eight people have been killed in "execution-style"
killings in four separate homes in rural Ohio.
It is believed the victims - seven adults and one teenager - are
from the same family, the state's attorney general said in a
statement.
They were all shot in the head and police are still searching
for the attacker, or attackers.
More than a dozen officials from multiple agencies were sent
to crime scenes in Piketon, south of Columbus.
A pastor at the scene said the violence may have been the
result of a "domestic situation".
All of the victims are members of a family called Rhoden, said
Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader.
They were all found in homes along Union Hill Road in Pike
County. The Pike County Sheriff said there are four active
crime scenes spanning about 30 miles (48km).
Some of the victims appeared to have been shot as they slept,
police said, including a mother in bed with her four-day-old
baby close by.
Three children, including the infant, survived the shootings.
The boy who was killed was 16 years old.
"There is a strong possibility that any individual involved in this
is armed and incredibly dangerous," Mr Reader said.
Police have not determined a motive or officially identified the
dead. They say none of the deaths appeared to be self-
inflicted and they believe those responsible are still at large.
Ohio Governor John Kasich has promised that those
responsible will be found.
"We'll find them, we'll catch them and they'll be brought to
justice,'' he said, while campaigning in Connecticut for his
Republican presidential bid.
Sheriff Charles Reader said he would "suspect the family was
being targeted". He said he had met about 100 relatives of the
victims at a church and they were being offered protection.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said it was "hard to
believe" someone could kill a mother with her baby sleeping
nearby.
Authorities are urging residents of the county to come forward
with any information they might have.