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SALEM -- The Leetonia school district is in mourning for Leetonia High School math/STEM/industry teacher, junior high robotics coach and junior high track coach Michelle Long, whose shooting death Wednesday night is being investigated as a homicide.
In a press release issued Thursday afternoon, the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office reported receiving a call at 9:28 p.m. Wednesday of a woman being shot on Carey Road in Butler Township.
Deputies located Long, 50, who resided on the property, dead from an apparent gunshot wound. The homicide remains under investigation, but the press release noted "we do have a person of interest."
No arrests had been made as of late Thursday afternoon.
Sheriff's office detectives were called to the scene and received assistance from the county Prosecutor's Office, county Coroner's Office and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Sheriff Brian McLaughlin thanked the Winona Fire Department for their assistance throughout the night and morning. No more details were released.
If anyone has any information about what happened, they're asked to please contact the sheriff's office Detective Bureau at 330-424-7255. They can remain anonymous by submitting tips through the phone app, Columbiana County Sheriff, which can be found in Google Play, or the app store.