Updated Wednesday, July 8, 2026, with findings from the Seneca County Coroner’s Office.

Seneca County deputies fatally shot a Bloomville man during an attempted arrest Tuesday morning, according to the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office, in a shooting that is now under review by the state.

The Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Jeffrey R. Sergent, 43, of Bloomville. In a written release, Sheriff Fredrick W. Stevens said the shooting happened at about 10:17 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, near the intersection of Township Road 8 and State Route 67.

According to the release, a Bloomville police unit and Seneca County deputies attempted to stop a pickup truck driven by Sergent, who the Sheriff’s Office said faced felony domestic violence charges and whom deputies were trying to take into custody on those charges. Officers partially blocked the truck between their cruisers and guardrails on either side of the roadway and spent about 10 minutes trying to persuade him to step out, the release said.

Stevens said Sergent refused to get out, displayed several knives from his pocket during the negotiation, rolled up his windows and would not speak. As additional deputies arrived, the Sheriff’s Office said, Sergent put the truck in reverse in an attempt to leave but was blocked by the Bloomville police vehicle, then shifted into drive. Deputies positioned in front of and beside the truck fired into it, striking him, according to the release. Stevens wrote that deputies fired “before he could run one of them over.”

The truck struck the push bar on the front of a deputy’s cruiser hard enough to bend it, the release said, but officers were able to move out of the way.

EMS was called to the scene, according to the Sheriff’s Office, and deputies who checked for a pulse did not find one — a finding the release said EMS confirmed when it arrived. One deputy was treated for a hand injury from broken glass, the release said.

The Seneca County Coroner’s Office took jurisdiction over Sergent’s body, according to a release the office issued Wednesday. Coroner Dr. Zachary K. West and Investigator Amy Dickman responded to the scene Tuesday, and the body was taken to the Lucas County Coroner’s Office for a postmortem examination, the release said.

That examination, performed Wednesday, July 8, found that Sergent had a gunshot wound to the head and a gunshot wound to the arm, according to the coroner’s office. Dr. West took part in the examination along with Dr. Dwayne Wolf, a forensic pathologist with the Lucas County Coroner’s Office. Projectiles recovered from Sergent’s body were turned over to BCI, the release said.

The coroner’s office said the final cause and manner of death, along with a toxicology report, remain pending and will be determined once the investigation is complete.

The Sheriff’s Office said it contacted the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to process the scene and investigate the shooting. The deputies involved have been placed on administrative leave until the investigation is complete, according to the release.

While the coroner’s office has confirmed that Sergent died of gunshot wounds, the account of how the shooting unfolded comes from the Sheriff’s Office. The office has not said how many deputies fired or how many shots were fired, and it has declined to release the involved deputies’ names, saying they are considered crime victims whose information is protected under Ohio law. TiffinOhio.net has not independently verified the circumstances of the shooting, and BCI’s findings have not been released.

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