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 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.

The account of the shooting comes entirely from the Sheriff’s Office. The release did not say how many deputies fired, how many shots were fired, or which officers were involved. TiffinOhio.net has not independently verified the circumstances of the shooting, and BCI’s findings have not been released.

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