Three Perry High School students have taken their lives this year. Police explain that while they are conducting a full investigation, they have determined the circumstances surrounding the death are non-school related issues.

The shooting remains under investigation.The Perry Local School District is working closely with the Perry Township Police Department following the death of an Edison Middle School student.Īccording to a press release issued by the Perry Police Department, officers responded to the 4400 Block of Malta SW for an injury related to a gunshot wound to a teenage child. Perry Township is located in Lake County between Fairport Harbor and Geneva-on-the-Lake. According to police, Moore was distraught over the two leaving him alone in the house.Ĭope had recently graduated from Perry High School and was a student at Lake Erie College, authorities said.

Moore's body was found in the living room with a single gunshot wound to the head.ĭetectives say Thornhill and Cope both resided with Moore and had planned on moving out on Saturday. Both victims had multiple gunshot wounds, he said. The coroner said it looks like Cope was shot while she slept and Thornhill was shot as she got out of bed. Thornhill was found in a bedroom and Cope was found laying on a couch, according to Lake County Coroner Dr. After making the phone call to his other sister, it appears Moore shot and killed himself, police said.

Investigators said it appears 62-year-old Ralph Moore Jr., allegedly shot and killed his sister, 59-year-old Vickie Thornhill and her 19-year-old daughter Arianna Cope and then called his other sister to tell her what happened. Police received a phone call about a man who had just shot two family members. When authorities arrived they found the three residents dead inside the home. Three people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide that happened in Perry Township.Īccording to authorities, the incident happened on the 4500 block of Maple Street around 8:30 a.m.

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