Andrew Baumgartner

Suicide

The Medina County Sheriff's Department received a call about a suspicious person walking along the Interstate 271 at 11:14 p.m. A patrol sergeant found Andrew Baumgartner and approached him to see if he was OK. He told the officer he just wanted to go somewhere warm. The officer offered him a ride but needed to pat him down first and the man's book bag would have to be searched. The officer felt a gun in Baumgartner's waistband. They fought, and Baumgartner fled. Police received a call from a residence on Ridge Road stating a white male was at their door claiming to have gotten run over by a car. The homeowners didn't let him in the house and he left the area. One of the officers on patrol in the area noticed footprints and called for the deputies to respond to his area. They heard a shot from approximately 15 feet away, and Baumgartner was dead from a self-inflicted gunshot.