2 found shot at residence in Van Wert

Police are looking for the person who shot two people Thursday night at a residence on South Fulton Street.

Van Wert police were dispatched to the 200 block of South Fulton just after 6 p.m. and found two people who had been shot. Someone had placed a call to the police department's dispatch center, according to the police department.

The shooter left before police arrived, police said.

Both victims were taken to Van Wert County Hospital, according to police, who gave no indication about their conditions. A nursing supervisor would neither confirm nor deny the victims had been admitted.

Police, the county sheriff's office and the Ohio Highway Patrol were searching late Thursday for the suspect. The police department declined to release any further information about the victims or the suspect.

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