Overview

• At a Sept. 18 briefing, Elyria police delivered the most comprehensive account to date of the July 23 shooting that killed Officer Phillip Wagner and wounded Officers Peter Gale and Brent Payne.
• Authorities said Wagner and Gale were eating lunch in a cul-de-sac when Michael Parker drove by and opened fire, contradicting earlier depictions that he had been waiting in a treeline.
• Investigators reported Parker brought 10 firearms, including seven assault rifles, along with more than 7,500 rounds loaded into 294 magazines and about 100 pounds of Tannerite later detonated by a bomb squad.
• Five officers returned fire, striking Parker 12 times and killing him, after he had fired 103 rounds and repositioned scoped rifles to continue shooting at responding police.
• Police believe Parker acted alone and have not determined whether officers were his intended target; the coroner noted a history of paranoid schizophrenia as Payne and Gale continue recovery.