Moments After Executing His 3 Sons

Sorry it’s 2023 and not 2022. An Ohio man is facing murder charges after allegedly lining up his three young sons — ages 7, 4 and 3 — and shooting them execution-style, authorities said.

One of the boys tried to flee but Chad Doerman allegedly told police he “hunted him down” and shot him, authorities said.

Deputies attempted CPR but the children died at the scene, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The children’s mother, 34, who has not been publicly identified, was allegedly shot in the hand while trying to protect her boys from the gunshots, prosecutors said on Friday at Doerman’s arraignment.

She was taken to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Deputies met with her in the hospital to tell her that her sons had been killed. Doerman was arrested without incident and taken to the sheriff’s office for questioning.

He has since been charged with three counts of aggravated murder and is being held on $20 million bond.