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'The defendant made multiple statements to law enforcement, such as 'I did it. In all, nine total shots were fired: one boy was shot once, the other two were each shot four times, the document says. 'After the defendant executed all three boys, he sat on the side stoop of the residence' and watched the boys' mother attempt life-saving measures on her children, the documents say. In the chaos, she dropped her child, who Doerman shot once in the head. During the struggle, the woman grabbed the rifle and Doerman fired, shooting her through her thumb. The third boy and his mother were approached by Doerman, who bit the woman in an attempt to wrestle her child from her arms. The young girl began to run toward the Monroe Township Fire Department nearby, telling a passerby who stopped her that 'her father was killing everyone' as she fled.

The young boy then ran to his mother, who had left the home and gone into the yard to render aid to the boy shot outside.

Doerman attempted to fire the rifle, but it didn't go off the document says the gun appeared to be out of ammunition. As she neared the road, Doerman caught up with the two, raised the rifle and demanded she put her brother down. The young girl then ran back to the house, where she picked up another of her brothers and fled with him in her arms, the document says. The document says the boy was hit by gunfire and fell Doerman approached the boy and fired again at close range. She ran after one of her brothers, screaming for him to keep running, but Doerman gave chase, firing at the boy as he fled. By this time, the sister had made her way to the master bedroom in time to witness the first shots fired, according to the document. The mother of the children immediately began to render aid to the boy, and yelled for her other sons to run. He inserted a loaded magazine into the rifle and shot one of his sons twice, according to the document. While this is happening, the boys' sister was watching television in the family room of the home, the document says.Īfter lying down with his wife and three sons, the document says Doerman got back out of bed and retrieved the rifle from the gun safe.

22 rifle he would later use to open fire on his family. Next to the bed was a gun safe holding the Marlin Model HC. The document says on the day of the murders Doerman came home from work early and asked his wife and the boys to join him in the master bedroom for a nap. 2, 2024.Ī bill of particulars filed in Clermont County laid out more information about the homicides and the months leading up to them, when Doerman said he'd been thinking about killing his children.

#BILL OF PARTICULARS OHIO TRIAL#

22, 2023, and his trial was scheduled to begin on Jand run through Aug. He was quickly taken into custody and prosecutors said he later admitted to killing his three sons: 4-year-old Hunter, 7-year-old Clayton and 3-year-old Chase.ĭespite allegedly confessing to law enforcement that he was responsible for the murders, Doerman pleaded not guilty in court on June 23.ĭoerman had a pre-trial hearing on Sept. Thursday.īody camera footage from officers showed when they arrived, 32-year-old Chad Doerman was sitting outside his home with a rifle next to him. On June 15, county dispatchers received a 911 call reporting a shooting on Laurel Lindale Road in Monroe Township at around 4:15 p.m. Editor's Note: This story contains some descriptions of violence that could be difficult to read.Ĭourt documents filed in Clermont County reveal new information about the tragic and grisly murders of three young boys in Clermont County, allegedly at the hands of their own father.

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