--- title: Ohio Family in Killings Suffered Multiple Gunshot Wounds description: One of the victims in the "execution style" killing of eight family members in Ohio on Friday was shot nine times, authorities said canonical: https://time.com/4308437/ohio-family-killings-shot-9-times/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-26T20:36:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:03:11.974Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Victim in Ohio Family Killing Was Shot 9 Times, Officials Say og:description: Officials said one person was shot nine times og:url: https://time.com/4308437/ohio-family-killings-shot-9-times/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34f924d3a4cffdc3/698890bca988ca3be36b7992/ohio_family_murder.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ohio Shootings og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Victim in Ohio Family Killing Was Shot 9 Times, Officials Say twitter:description: Officials said one person was shot nine times twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34f924d3a4cffdc3/698890bca988ca3be36b7992/ohio_family_murder.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Victim in Ohio Family Killing Was Shot 9 Times, Officials Say  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 26, 2016 8:36 PM CUT  Authorities set up road blocks at the intersection of Union Hill Road and Route 32, in Pike County, Ohio, April 22, 2016\. As the investigation into the killings of eight family members continue, more details are being released. Authorities set up road blocks at the intersection of Union Hill Road and Route 32, in Pike County, Ohio, April 22, 2016\. As the investigation into the killings of eight family members continue, more details are being released.John Minchillo—AP  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 26, 2016 8:36 PM CUT One of the victims in the “execution style” [killing of eight family members in Ohio](http://time.com/4305035/ohio-police-investigating-multiple-deceased-piketon/ "undefined") on Friday was [shot nine times](http://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-family-killings-evidence-consistent-cockfighting-found-scenes/story?id=38674426 "undefined"), while other victims also suffered multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said on Tuesday. Two of the victims were shot five times, one person suffered four gunshot wounds and others were shot one, two or three times, [ABC News reported](http://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-family-killings-evidence-consistent-cockfighting-found-scenes/story?id=38674426 "undefined"), citing local coroners offices. Seven of the eight victims—all members of the Rhoden family—were found dead in three homes on the same road in Peebles, a rural Ohio village. One victims was found in the nearby town of Piketon, ABC News reported. Police have not yet identified a motive in the killings, nor have they released a suspect description. The Ohio attorney general said evidence of cockfighting and marijuana growing were found at some of the crime scenes. 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