Overview

• First responders and local residents lined overpasses and roads from Dayton to Mount Gilead to pay tribute during the procession escorting Deputy Sherrer’s body to Mount Gilead.
• Sherrer, who had served with the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office since March 2021, was shot while responding to a domestic disturbance at a home on County Road 26 in Marengo and later died at an area hospital.
• The suspect, Brian Michael Wilson, 31, of Marengo, was wounded in the exchange of gunfire and remains hospitalized under custody on aggravated murder charges.
• The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, with support from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, is leading the ongoing investigation into the Memorial Day shooting.
• Local businesses have pledged financial support for Sherrer’s family as the community mourns and honors the fallen deputy.