(10-7-22) The Darke County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 7:30 p.m. Thursday night of someone shot at a residence in the 5000 block of Smith Road in Liberty Township.

When deputies arrived on scene they found a man, later identified as William Duncan (62) with what appeared to be a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

William Fields (58) who is a resident at the same address was taken into custody. Fields has been booked into the Darke County Jail and is being charged with murder and was arraigned today… cash only bail was set at $150,000.

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