ELYRIA, Ohio (WJW) – In a heartbreaking turn of events, a Christmas Eve fire in Elyria has left a community in mourning. The blaze, which erupted on Brandston Avenue, has been confirmed as accidental, but it resulted in the tragic loss of 29-year-old Watu Brown from Columbia Station.

Tributes have been left at the property where a man was shot dead after a Christmas Eve standoff with armed officers. West Mercia Police has referred itself to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) over the man's death,

Columbia police officers said that a 4-year-old child died in South Carolina after being shot on Christmas Eve.

An Ohio man was found dead in a house that was destroyed by fire on Christmas Eve morning. A 29-year-old man was found dead inside a home in Elyria after a fire destroyed the home, and damaged to neighboring homes as well,

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A man is in custody after a Christmas Eve shooting that left one woman dead and a man injured. Gainesville police say they were called to an encampment near Dorsey Street shortly before 4 a.m. on Christmas Eve where they found two people shot.