The Stark County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that injured four people at a Canton bar early Sunday morning.
Just before 3 a.m., deputies responded to Ashton's Bar & Grill on 8th Street NE and found four people suffering from gunshot wounds, the sheriff's office said. The victims' injuries were all non-life-threatening.
Mason Chandler, a Canton resident who lives across the road from the bar, said he was not prepared for the scene he came home to.
"I was getting off work last night and getting home from hanging out. And there was, I want to say it was probably like, six or seven cop cars last night, and just police running around, taking forensic photos and stuff," said Chandler. "I just knew somebody definitely got hurt or something happened there. It's weird for that many cops to be here."
He added that it was uncommon to see a heavy police presence at the bar.
"Everyone that runs this is normally super friendly. They're normally super helpful. With me, I've never had any issues, and normally all the customers and everybody are really friendly and nice. So, I'm not for sure, I'm not for sure what happened or why it broke out that bad." Chandler said.
Witnesses at the bar did not provide information on the alleged shooter, and detectives are working to gather more information, the sheriff's office said.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact the Stark County Sheriff's Office at 330-430-3800.
