MANSFIELD, Ohio — A 16-year-old boy is dead after being shot multiple times Tuesday morning at a Mansfield hotel, police confirm.
Officers were called to the Quality Inn & Suites on Trimble Road around 10:45 a.m. after an employee reported hearing multiple gunshots inside. The teen was later found in a staircase and pronounced dead at the scene.
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Richland County Coroner's Office Chief Investigator Bob Ball says the victim was taken directly from the scene for an autopsy. He has since been identified as Nayshawn Lovett.
Shortly after the incident, authorities issued an aggravated murder arrest warrant for 31-year-old Montels Holland, of Ontario. Detectives searched Holland's apartment just after 9 p.m., but he remains at large, at this time.
"Mr. Holland is encouraged to voluntarily surrender himself to authorities to assure a peaceful ending," Mansfield police said in a statement.
Court records show Holland previously served two years in prison for felonious assault back in 2015. Officials say he should be considered "armed and dangerous."
Anyone with information regarding Holland's whereabouts is asked to immediately call 911.