It was early evening on May 26, 2025, when Daniel “Weston” Sherrer, 31, a male deputy with the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office, arrived at a home in the 100 block of County Road 26 near Marengo, Ohio, for a reported domestic situation. Within moments of stepping into the driveway, an exchange of gunfire left him mortally wounded. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office assumed the investigation, with assistance from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Daniel Sherrer, 31, male, had joined the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office in 2021 and was widely described by colleagues and county leaders as a steady, upbeat presence who loved serving his community. Memorials and vigils followed swiftly across the county as residents and fellow officers honored a deputy whose four years with the agency had already left a mark far larger than his time in uniform.
By the morning after the shooting, investigators identified a suspect: Brian Michael Wilson, 53, of Marengo. Authorities said Daniel Sherrer, 31, male, had been responding to the domestic call when Wilson allegedly opened fire; Wilson was himself wounded and initially hospitalized under guard. He was later charged with aggravated murder in connection with the killing, and after being released from the hospital, he was transferred to jail.
As the case moved into the courts, prosecutors broadened the charges against Wilson. A grand jury returned a 14-count indictment, including two counts of aggravated murder, and Wilson pleaded not guilty. A judge set bond at $9 million while the county prosecutor announced his intent to seek the death penalty. A trial date was later set for June 2026, underscoring that the legal battle over the death of Daniel Sherrer, 31, male, would extend well beyond the first shock and sorrow of late May.
In the weeks that followed, additional details trickled out from investigative materials and body-worn camera footage, sketching the final minutes before the shooting. Accounts described Daniel Sherrer, 31, male, approaching a man seated on a porch with a visible firearm, a tense conversation flaring into violence seconds later—details that echoed the urgency and unpredictability of the original 911 call.
Across Morrow County, remembrances for Daniel Sherrer, 31, male, filled churches and public squares, as funeral plans were announced and the community tried to stitch together a sense of normalcy while awaiting the slow work of the courts. For those who served beside him, the loss remained immediate, defined less by headlines than by the quiet spaces he once occupied at shift change and in the halls of the sheriff’s office.
