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An Ohio State University student and the man suspected of
abducting her died Monday following a shootout with a Kentucky
state trooper, authorities said Tuesday.

Kentucky State Police said in a statement that Skylar Williams,
20, was pronounced dead at the University of Louisville Hospital
following the shooting in Oldham County. Her suspected abductor,
24-year-old Ty'rell Pounds, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities said Williams was taken at gunpoint earlier Monday
from a parking lot on Ohio State's branch campus in Mansfield,
100 miles northeast of the university's flagship campus in
Columbus. Investigators told Fox 8 Cleveland that Pounds had a
previous relationship with Williams and was the father of her
child. The station also reported that Williams had taken out an
order of protection against Pounds and reported to Mansfield
Police last month that she was assaulted by him in September.

"Our Ohio State community suffered a tragic loss with the death
of Mansfield student Skylar Williams," OSU President Michael
Drake said in a statement released Tuesday. "This senseless and
shocking incident has left our campus shaken. We join Mansfield
Dean Norman Jones in expressing our condolences and deepest
sympathies. Our thoughts and prayers are with Skylar’s family."

The university said counseling is available to members of the
university community on the Mansfield campus.

Shortly before 3:30 p.m. Monday, Kentucky State Police responded
to a 911 call from a witness who said she saw a woman being
forced into a vehicle at a gas station in Gallatin County.
Troopers pursued the vehicle south on Interstate 71 into Oldham
County, where it exited the interstate at Highway 329 and
stopped on the ramp.

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Police said a trooper heard gunfire from the vehicle and
returned fire. The release said Williams was hit by at least one
round, though it was not immediately clear who fired the fatal
shot.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol told Fox 8 that the couple's child
was safe with family members. The Kentucky State Police Critical
Incident Response Team is investigating the shooting.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/abducted-ohio-state-university- student-and-suspected-abductor-killed-in-police-shootout
 

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