Taco Bell Suspected Murder-Suicide: What We Know About Ohio Deaths

Police in Ohio have provided further details about an alleged murder-suicide that occurred at a Taco Bell drive-thru on Wednesday night.

Jason Williams, 53, fatally shot Megan Keleman, 25, at the drive-thru on Graham Road in Stow, before shooting himself, the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office said in a news release provided to Newsweek.

Keleman died of gunshot wounds to the neck, while Williams died of a gunshot wound to the head, the medical examiner's office said.

At a press conference on Thursday, Stow Police Chief Jeffrey Film said Keleman had asked a employee of the Taco Bell on Graham Road in Stow to call police at around 7:20 p.m. after her car was struck by the vehicle behind her.

Shortly afterwards, Film said they had multiple people calling 911 to report a shooting at the same location.

Witnesses told detectives that Williams began blowing his horn at Keleman when she pulled in front of him to get in the drive-thru line, Film said.

"Williams then struck the rear of her vehicle with his car," Film said. "Through the drive-thru speaker, Miss Keleman asked the Taco Bell employee to call the police department. Moments later, Williams exited his vehicle and shot Miss Keleman and then took his own life."

Both were pronounced dead at the scene, Film said.

Film said Keleman's dog had been in her vehicle when the shooting occurred. A local rescue club took care of the animal before returning it to her family, he said.

Film said investigators have no information to suggest Williams and Keleman knew each other, and that they are working to determine the motive for the shooting.

"As a chief of police and as a community leader, I would like to say that this is a true tragedy," Film said. "Not only did the Kelemans lose a daughter, but the community lost one of our daughters.... We do not at this time have the answer as to why this happened, and we may never know why."

During the press conference, Film said "many" people had called 911 to report the shooting. Police later released the 14 calls they had received.

"A man just shot somebody and shot himself in the head. I'm sorry, I'm really shaken up, I saw him shoot himself in the head," one caller said, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.

Film said detectives had followed up with those people and were following up leads on other possible witnesses.

Williams did not have a criminal history, bar a prior arrest for operating a vehicle impaired (OVI), he said.

Film said the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the shooting along with the police department and the medical examiner.

"We do not have that many homicides," he said. "In a situation like this, we want to do the best job that we possibly can, and with their added resources... [it] will help us make determination of how this happened."

Keleman graduated from Cleveland State University with a master's degree in business administration in May, after previously getting a bachelor's degree in finance and financial management services, according to her LinkedIn page. She worked as a bookkeeper at Shelter Care Inc., a residential treatment program for children with emotional or behavioral problems.

"Our family is enduring an immensely painful loss of Megan Elizabeth Keleman," Keleman's family said in a statement released through the Stow Police Department.

"We kindly ask for the media and the public's understanding for our privacy during this difficult time. We appreciate the community's support and hope that our request for privacy will be honored so we can continue to focus on supporting each other through this difficult period."

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text "988" to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.