BATAVIA TWP., Ohio — One man has been charged with aggravated murder after a fatal shooting in Clermont County.
Chief Deputy Christopher Stratton said officials responded to the 3800 block of Magnolia Drive, just off Amelia-Olive Branch Road, at around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a 911 call from a woman who said her son came home with his girlfriend, who had been shot.
When they arrived, deputies found a woman unresponsive in the driveway of a home with a single gunshot wound to the head. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Early Wednesday morning, the woman was identified as 39-year-old Casey Hamblin Moss.
The sheriff's office said the 911 caller's son told detectives his girlfriend was shot by someone in another vehicle as they drove on Golden Meadow Court.
Stratton said the shooting was not a random act of violence. Police said it started with a money dispute during a drug deal. According to investigators, Ryan B. Vest sold the victims drugs at a Wendy's near Buxton Road. When he felt he "was shorted money," he demanded the couple return the drugs, police said. This led to a chase and the fatal shooting, according to investigators.
Vest was taken into custody during a traffic stop in nearby Union Township. The sheriff's office said he is charged with aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and tampering with evidence.
He will make his first court appearance at 10 a.m. Thursday.
According to police, the investigation remains ongoing.
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