In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 19, 2026, the life of Richard J. Staats, a 51-year-old man from Canton, Ohio, was irrevocably altered. Police responded to a chaotic scene at a residence on Tuscarawas Street West around 4:30 a.m. after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting gunshots. One frantic caller informed dispatchers that a man had been shot in the head inside the apartment. Upon entering the home, officers found Staats between a bed and a wall with a critical gunshot wound to h
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