Ohio Dept. of Correction employee indicted in fatal incident at firing range

PICKAWAY COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) – An employee with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has been indicted following a deadly incident at the tactical firing range at the Correctional Training Academy in Pickaway County.

Fatal shooting at training academy classified as reckless homicide; employee placed on paid leave

The indictment states the employee did negligently cause the death of Rodney Osborne, 43, of Sciotodale, on or about April 9 by means of a deadly weapon – a handgun.

Osborne was a lieutenant at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.

Osborne worked with the facility in Lucasville for 13 years.

The employee has been charged with negligent homicide, a misdemeanor of the first degree.

In April, the employee was placed on paid administrative leave as the circumstances surrounding the tragic death began being investigated by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

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