Dublin Homicide Suspects Linked To Powder Room Theft

By: Denise Yost & Donna Willis | NBC4i.com
Published: February 23, 2012
Updated: February 23, 2012 - 10:26 AM

DUBLIN, Ohio – Two people arrested in connection with a Dublin manslaughter are connected to the break-in and theft of 97 guns from a Powell shooting range, police told NBC4.

At about 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Dublin police said two Columbus men were under arrest and authorities were searching for a third suspect in the Dublin Sunoco manslaughter.

Powell police told NBC4's Mike Bowersock the suspects also are connected to a break-in at the Powder Room on state Route 750 in Powell, in which 97 weapons, a mix of handguns and long rifles, were stolen on Feb. 8.

Dublin police said the Sunoco manslaughter also was connected to the robbery of the Max & Erma's at 411 Metro Place North on Feb. 2.

Jeffery M. Collins, 22, and Austin Mackenzie Cusey, 18, were arrested at 6:30 p.m. at the Motel 6 at 3950 Parkway Lane in Hilliard Wednesday.

Collins and Cusey, both of Columbus, are charged with aggravated murder and aggravated robbery.

A third suspect, Eddie J. Murphy, remains on the loose. Murphy, 22, also lives in Columbus. Police said he should be considered armed and dangerous.

Murphy has one previous charge of receiving stolen property in 2008 out of Franklin County.

Police said they identified the suspects early on in the manslaughter investigation and executed four search warrants Wednesday evening. Evidence obtained during the searches was enough for authorities to file arrest warrants, police said.

Powell police said seven of the 97 stolen weapons were recovered when the search warrants were executed.

The Dublin Division of Police told NBC4 suspects robbed the Sunoco, 201 W. Bridge St., at gunpoint at about 11:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13.

The suspects approached clerk Mohamed S. Hassan, 46, outside the store and fatally shot him sometime during the robbery, Dublin police said.

Police would not confirm if the weapon used in Hassan's manslaughter was one of the guns stolen from the Powder Room.

The Powder Room's owner said the suspects allegedly entered by breaking a hole in the wall of the women's restroom. They also allegedly unscrewed security lights and avoided surveillance cameras.

Investigators said that anyone who may have come by one of the stolen weapons unwittingly is asked to turn in the weapon or call 1-800-ATF-GUNS.

Anyone with information on Murphy's location is asked to call police at 614-889-1112.

The following law enforcement agencies are helping with the investigation: Columbus Division of Police; Hilliard Division of Police; Powell Division of Police; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

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