PUTNAM COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - A Lima man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity for an April shooting at a Putnam County business that left one person dead and another injured.
On the day of the shooting, Dunklee brought a 9 mm handgun to the business and shot Croninger. During a struggle with Kitchen, he also shot him.
26-year-old Konner Dunklee will be examined to determine his mental status, and all of his current hearings have been vacated until the judge gets the results of his examination. He originally pleaded not guilty to five charges: aggravated murder, murder, attempt to commit an offense, felonious assault, and assault.
On April 18, 2024, deputies were called to Kitchen Enterprises Trucking Company in Leipsic just after 4 p.m. There, they found that 30-year-old Farrah Croninger of Deshler had been killed and 54-year-old Michael Kitchen of Ottawa had been injured from gunshot wounds. Kitchen was treated at Mercy Health and has been released from the hospital. Dunklee fled the scene and was arrested the same day of the shooting in rural Allen County.
