Tuesday, April 11, 2000
Shooting of teen a mystery
Police have few answers in death at mobile home
By Tom O'Neill
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MIAMI TOWNSHIP — Three days into the investigation of the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old township youth at a friend's home, police here have been unable to place anyone else in the home except the boy who lives there.
That's the only thing that makes a suspect of 17-year-old Dan Carnes of Oak Vista in the Vista Woods Mobile Home Park, police Lt. Cliff Rowland said Monday.
Investigators at this point have more questions than answers.
The body of Jake Gilligan, also of Miami Township in Clermont County, was found Saturday morning on a couch in the Carnes home. He had been shot once in the back of the head.
Lt. Rowland said Monday a gun was recovered from the home, but it possibly was not the gun used in the shooting. Ballistics tests are being conducted.
Meanwhile, Mr. Carnes remained Monday in Clermont County juvenile custody on a charge unconnected to the shooting. He's been held there since Saturday. Lt. Rowland said it was prompted by an item or items found in the home, but declined to elaborate.
“Obviously he's a suspect (in the shooting), but that's because you can't rule anything out, and so far we've been unable to place anyone else in the home,” Lt. Rowland said. “He would have to be a suspect.”
Lt. Rowland added that police have received conflicting accounts of who was at a gathering at the home earlier in the night. Mr. Carnes' parents were out of town.
According to police, Mr. Carnes on Saturday morning called a girl friend, who came over and called police from the Carnes home. Mr. Carnes was in the kitchen when police arrived around 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
Mr. Carnes was treated at Bethesda North Hospital for what Lt. Rowland said were minor facial injuries. He was released later Saturday. Lt. Rowland said a report that Mr. Carnes was shot in the face was incorrect.
Mr. Carnes and Mr. Gilligan were students at Live Oaks Career Development Campus in Miami Township. Mr. Carnes had dropped out last year.
Mr. Gilligan, a junior, was in the construction technology program there. He began in August through Milford High School.
Monday morning, school officials announced the boy's death to faculty, and made counselors available to instructors and students.
“It's difficult when you're at a stage where you're trying to show students their way in the world, to explain something like this,” said school spokeswoman Jean Ciancio.
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