Manhunt for Ohio murder suspect ends with hostage situation and deadly standoff at gas station in West Virginia
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A man suspected of a killing in Ohio and multiple carjackings in Kentucky was killed by West Virginia police in a standoff outside a gas station where he was holding three hostages.
The multistate search for David Maynard, 54, ended late Saturday evening at a Speedway in a West Virginia town bordering the Ohio River. That is where a sergeant stopped and recognized the man standing behind the counter as the suspect who had eluded troopers up to that point, according to a West Virginia State Police release.
Maynard pointed his pistol at the sergeant, and a State Police Special Response Team responded with local law enforcement, according to the release.
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