Shots fired at Westlake inn after domestic dispute, police say
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Published: Sep. 15, 2023 at 3:47 PM EDT
WESTLAKE, Ohio (WOIO) - A domestic argument escalated into a shooting in Westlake early Friday.
Police say they responded to the West Spring Inn around 12:30 a.m. Friday to a call about shots being fired in the area.
Responding officers found an argument between a man and a woman escalated when the woman attempted to drive away, police say.
Police say the man fired shots that hit the car, missing the woman inside.
Officers arrested the 41-year-old man and charged him with felonious assault.
Westlake Detectives are working with the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office to obtain a warrant to search for the firearm in the arrested man’s car which has been impounded and secured, police say.
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