An Ohio woman has died after she was allegedly attacked by a man wielding a machete inside a dollar store.
Officers responded to the Dollar Tree located in Upper Sandusky on Sunday at about 4:25 p.m. after receiving a report of man waving a machete around, according to Upper Sandusky police. Once the authorities arrived, they found 22-year-old Keris L. Reibel dead, and the suspect had fled the scene. A second police unit looked for the suspect, who was later identified as 27-year-old Bethel M. Bekele. They found him about a mile away on the 100 block of South Fifth Street.
During the investigation, the authorities discovered that Bekele allegedly entered the store with the machete, approached Riebel and struck her several times with the knife, according to Upper Sandusky police. They have not released a motive for the attack at the time of this writing. However, they are investigating what —if any— relationship there was between Bekele and Reibel. Bekele has been charged with murder, with more charged a possibility following the investigation, according to Upper Sandusky police.
They Wyandot County Major Crimes Unit is investigating the incident, and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation also assisted at the scene.