The Rittman Police Department has released the identities of the two men involved in an apparent murder/suicide last week. Officers were dispatched to South Main Street last Tuesday for a shooting outside of an apartment. Upon arriving, they found 71-year-old Timothy Bowes shot in the backyard and 76-year-old James Sawyers, the suspected shooter, inside his apartment. Police eventually forced their way into Sawyers’ apartment, where they found him suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Bowes was pronounced dead at the scene, while Sawyers passed away in the ambulance. The incident remains under investigation.
Rittman Police release identities of men involved in apparent murder/suicide
