OH Brothers Murder Father, Cleveland Doctor Richard Warn, Commit Suicide Following Standoff

CLEVELAND, OH. (THECOUNT) — Michael Warn, 31, and Mark Warn, 29, were identified by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, as the men that committed suicide following a murder and a subsequent Beachwood police standoff.

Beachwood police say they believe the two sons are responsible for the murder of Dr. Richard Warn, a long time podiatrist in the Cleveland.

Warn’s wife returned from vacation and was not able to get inside their house on Brentwood Road in Beachwood on Thursday so she called police. Beachwood Police Chief Gary Haba said officers went inside to find the 59-year-old dead from five to six gunshot wounds. source

There were no signs of forced entry.

Beachwood police enlisted the help of the SWAT team to serve a search warrant at the home, occupied by Warn’s two sons.

According to authorities, someone inside the house fired a rifle at the SWAT vehicle so the team retreated. After a 12-hour standoffs, they were unable to make contact with the suspects and went inside and located the men dead of an apparent suicide.

A motive in the case is not yet known.

The investigation is ongoing.