Stark County husband kills wife, dies by suicide, authorities say

NIMISHILLEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A woman called 911 while hiding in a closet Wednesday morning as a man shot and killed her aunt, then died by suicide when sheriff’s deputies arrived.According to a news release, the Stark County Sheriff’s Office received a call at about 3 a.m. from Lorene Denton, 70, at her home on the 4100 block of Broadway Avenue N.E. WEWS Channel 5 reports that Denton can be heard on the 911 call telling a dispatcher that her husband, Jeffrey Denton, 64, was in the home and had physically assaulted her and her niece. Lorene Denton also said there were guns in the home.