Police: Robert Brazzon shot and killed four before committing suicide

A 55-year-old Ohio man is said to have killed himself after killing his girlfriend and three other people.

Robert Brazzon, of Newton Falls, died after shooting himself in the chest during a brief stand-off  with police in a cemetery early Friday afternoon.

Police responding to a 911 call at 72A Trumbull Court shortly after noon-time Friday, found Rikki Cogley, 42; his wife Kathy Cogley,39; and Kathy’s son Everett Greathouse, 15, all shot to death.   About an hour later police found Brazzon’s 38-year-old girlfriend, Tracey Engler, shot to death about a block away from the Trumbull home.

It is believed after the shootings Brazzon fled to a cemetery on Ridge Road, where he kept police at bay for a short period.  It was there that Brazzon shot himself in the chest.

Brazzon was taken to Trumbull Memorial Hospital where he died.

A motive for the shootings was not immediately known.