Chad Doerman

we continue here at the top of the hour with the murder of these three young Claremont County boys investigators say their father has admitted to shooting and killing all three In Cold Blood their ages are seven four and three we do have team coverage for you on this tragic situation we start with WCPO 9 news reporter Sean Delancey who is in New Richmond where a community event is being held for the three children who lost their lives Sean yeah Tanya Pastor Robert Wooten just opened the doors here at connection Point Church for in New Richmond for anybody and everybody impacted by this unspeakable tragedy he says when three little boys are senselessly gunned down people need to be there for one another Pastor Wooten says that this is a very loose event there's no real plan or agenda to go by it's just an open space for people to be together talk through their grief pray whatever you need to help process what few can grapple with the death of children his team is right here right now to help guide that process Putin says whether you knew this family or not if you're hurting you are welcome here tonight you know in a small community everybody feels the pain everybody feels the struggle everybody feels the the emotion and I think the um last night before I went to bed I told my wife I said we got to do something and it just it just brought me to the point where you you know we can't just sit by idly and just you know we have to act and do something now connection Point Church here in New Richmond along Columbia Street will be open tonight as long as is necessary so if you feel the need to be around others that can help you out you're welcome to come on down in New Richmond I'm Sean Delancey WCPO 9 news all right Sean thanks so much folks this is Chad Dorman the boy's father he was arrested without incident yesterday we got body camera video just hours ago showing the moment he was taken into custody I want you to watch it stand up now stand up here it's in there you see there Dorman did not resist once law enforcement got to the scene he was sitting on the front porch with that rifle nearby and had little to say as he was taken to the cruiser Claremont County Prosecutors say Dorman admitted that he executed his three boys one by one that evidence was presented today at Dorman's bond hearing i-team reporter Craig Cheatham has more on the evidence presented in court in court assistant prosecutor David Gast said Dorman admitted to shooting and killing his three sons gas described the crimes as quote one of the most monstrous Craven cowardly acts that will ever be our Misfortune to see Chad Dorman entered the courtroom wearing what one officer called a suicide vest it was the day after prosecutors say he confessed to shooting and killing his three boys in an act of just incomprehensible cruelty the father that stands before you lined up his three young boys and he executed them in his own home with a rifle assistant prosecutor David Gast said Dorman told police that one of his boys ran to a nearby field but Dorman said he got the boy dragged him back to the property and killed him gas said Dorman also shut his wife in the hand when she grabbed the gun attempting to save her children we can't name a person that poses a greater threat to the community the judge granted the prosecution's request for a 20 million dollar Bond the case now goes to a grand jury a pre-trial hearing is scheduled for June 26th in Batavia Craig Cheatham WCPO 9 News a memorial by the way is growing for those three little boys tonight people are placing stuff to animals you can see that right here outside of their home WCPO 9 news reporter Valerie Lyons is live now so Valerie you have been speaking with several people today including a new Richmond girl who started to GoFundMe for their funerals yeah Tanya Hazel Warren is the friend of the boy's older sister she says she hasn't slept she's been crying she's heartbroken when she heard what happened she tells me all she wanted to do was help it just really um hurts more to know them and what happened it's difficult for hazel Warren to find the words understandable when what happened was unimaginable they were definitely like the cutest I've ever seen they we're all just like a little pack three little boys just three four and seven shot and killed in their front yard their own father 32 year old Chad Dorman accused of pulling the trigger Warren says it didn't take long for her to launch a fundraiser for the rest of the family her best friend and her mother who must now find a way to move on hope that everything will be like okay for them we're told the mother was shot in the hand as she tried desperately to stop Dorman from shooting her sons and that their sister ran down the street yelling for help they weren't in court Friday morning when Dorman faced a judge appearing to break down at one point as prosecutors laid out the grisly details I didn't notice him I didn't look at him um I think he's a coward and that was probably an act if you wanted to make me guess that's an act an hour before New Richmond School Superintendent Tracy Miller shared his heartbreak as grief counselors rallied behind a community left shattered this impacts everybody but when everybody's impacted everybody's going to pull together and make sure that we get to the other side of this Mountain hours later a memorial grew in honor of the little boys teddy bears left on the edge of the driveway a glimmer of comfort and hope they are all so sweet and so cute a reminder of three little lives lost their bedtime was like eight o'clock and they would all come in and like individually they'd all tell me good night little teddy bears themselves Tanya now we will have a link to Hazel Warren's GoFundMe on our website there are also a few others floating around out there we'll have links to those as well and just a reminder right here in the Clermont County Jail sits 32 year old Chad Dorman confessed prosecutors say to shooting and killing his three young Sons yesterday for now live outside the Clermont County Jail Valerie Lyons WCPO 9 News Valerie I sometimes is just overwhelming to think about this story thank you for that our team coverage by the way is not over WCPO 9 News at 7 and 11. we'll have more from that somber vigil in Claremont County and you can check wcpo.com or the wcpo9 app at any time we will continue to update this