DELAWARE, Ohio — Police say a 25-year-old man was arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of his parents, who were discovered dead inside their Delaware home on Sunday.
Mohamed Lanim Kandeh was taken into custody without incident around 11 a.m. He is charged with murder and being held on a felony warrant by the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, according to Delaware Police Department Chief of Police Adam Moore.
At 3 p.m. Sunday, officers were called to a home on Bristol Drive, located in a neighborhood off Kilbourne Road, after police were told that two residents failed to meet a family member.
Arriving officers found two adults, identified as 61-year-old Mohamed Alusine Kandeh and 60-year-old Bintu Kandeh, inside the home dead from apparent gunshot wounds.
Following the incident, detectives filed an arrest warrant for Mohamed Lanim Kandeh who police say was also a resident at the home. Additional details surrounding the shooting were not immediately available.
Moore said with the help of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office and the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the 25-year-old was stopped during a traffic stop on Maloney Road near Ashley on Monday morning.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Delaware County Coroner’s Office and Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office assisted with the investigation.
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