South Euclid Standoff: 2 Dead Are Slain Beachwood Doctor's Sons

SOUTH EUCLID, OH — Michael and Mark Warn were found dead inside a South Euclid home on Saturday after a 12-hour standoff with police. The two men were the sons of slain Beachwood Doctor Richard Warn.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner said that Michael and Mark were killed by self-inflicted gunshot wounds in apparent suicides on Saturday. Their bodies were found inside a home on Elmwood Avenue in South Euclid.

Their deaths came just days after their father was killed in his home.

On August 9, Dr. Richard Warn was found dead in Beachwood. He had been shot to death. Police are still investigating his killing.

Officers in South Euclid were trying to execute a search warrant at the Elmwood home on Friday, a property that Dr. Warn owned, when someone began shooting at them, Fox 8 reported. The officers returned fire and then retreated. No police were hurt during the exchange.

For close to 12 hours, police and the suspects inside the house were in a stand-off. Somehow, officers determined there were two men inside the house, but neither could be contacted by police. Officers eventually used a gas agent and then entered the house.

They found two dead bodies inside — Michael, 31, and Mark Warn, 29, the sons of Dr. Richard Warn.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is looking into the incident.

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