Pike County Sheriff Tracy D. Evans reports that on Sunday morning at 8:25 am 11-23-25 Deputies were dispatched to 425 CurtIs Lane in reference to a shooting. The caller advised that a male subject identified as Jason L. Scott had been shot in the head by Christopher L. Barfield of Waverly, Ohio. Mr. Scott was pronounced deceased at the scene. Mr. Barfield fled from the scene but was later apprehended by Pike County Deputies and Piketon Police Department in the area of Curtis Lane. Pike County Prosecutor’s Office investigator and Pike County Deputies placed Mr. Barfield in custody and transported him to the Sheriff’s Office for questioning. Mr. Barfield was later charged with Aggravated Murder and transported to the Ross County Jail for housing. The Attorney General’s Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) was notified and assisted in processing the scene. Mr. Barfield will be later arranged in Pike County Court.
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