Public Safety
No charges to be filed in shooting death near Crawfordsville
Posted on Dec 07, 2009 by admin.
Washington County Sheriff's deputies closed off a section of 335th Avenue north of Mount Pleasant to investigate a death in the rural residence Nov. 3. (Spencer Willems/ The Gazette)
A state medical examiner said today that a Mount Pleasant man shot himself at a home southwest of Crawfordsville in early November.
Investigators say 37-year-old Ryan Scarff and his girlfriend had a suicide pact.
They believe after Scarff shot himself Nov. 3, his girlfriend then also shot him.
Investigators say she shot him while in a “state of panic” using Scarff’s gun.
The Washington County Attorney says the girlfriend will not face criminal charges.
– KCRG-TV9
Let me guess: The pact was the girlfriend's idea? Just a hunch.