In the background, the children's mother can be heard screaming, 'They're dead, aren't they? What do I do?' She then wailed, 'He took my life from me, my life! They're so little!'ĭoerman is being held without bail. 'I'm not trying to hurt you,' he told the deputies, before yelling at the family dog to go inside. Never done drugs in my life,' he said to authorities, before admitting that he had done drugs when he was younger but was 'sober' now.

In the video, Doerman can be seen sitting on the front stoop of the home with the gun beside him, before being thrown to the ground and handcuffed.

Previously, bodycam footage was released from the Clermont County Sheriff's Office which showed authorities arriving at the home - proceeding with caution knowing the suspect had a rifle on him. One of them, according to the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office, was from a woman screaming that 'her babies had been shot.' Take me to jail' and said 'I shouldn't have done that.' They also claim he 'admitted to having been thinking about shooting his sons since October' and indicated 'that the thoughts of having to kill his sons was so heavy on him that he hadn't slept for three or four days prior' to the murders.ĭoerman of Monroe Township, Ohio was arrested on Thursday, June 15 after police responded to a number of 911 calls to his home. The docs also claim Doerman told authorities, 'I did it. Doerman is accused of then fatally shooting the third son, before laying all three boys in the same area on the side of the home.įrantic 911 Calls Released Over Ohio Father Charged with Killing Three Sons Aged 3, 4 and 7Īccording to the docs, he then 'sat on the side stoop of the residence and calmly watched undertake futile live-saving measures on her three children,' who all died from their injuries. During the altercation, she is said to have placed her thumb over the barrel of the gun and was shot, causing her to drop the child. The two parents then got into a 'physical altercation,' with Doerman reportedly 'going so far as to bite' his wife to get her to drop Chase, per investigators. The sister, meanwhile, ran to the fire department and told witnesses her father was 'killing everyone.' Doerman allegedly shot at Chase, but his gun didn't fire, so the child ran to his mother. Doerman then allegedly shot the child in the head, 'at close range.'Īs this happened, the young girl is said to have ran back inside the home and picked up the youngest boy, Chase, before she 'attempted to flee the residence with him.' Doerman, however, allegedly caught up to her, held her at gunpoint and 'demanded' she put down the child, which she did as she 'begged' him not to shoot her. Chilling Bodycam Video Shows Arrest of Father Charged with Lining Up and Killing 3 Sons Aged 3, 4 and 7Īccording to the report, the boys' sister saw Doerman chase after one of the children who made a run for it toward a nearby field - Clayton, 7 - shooting him and causing him to fall to the ground.

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