TIPP CITY — Police have provided an update on the homicide investigation involving a woman killed in an apparent home invasion on Monday morning.
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The woman was identified by police as 37-year-old Ashley Flynn.
Flynn was a volleyball coach at Tippecanoe Middle School and a “dedicated” substitute teacher.
As previously reported, Flynn was killed in an apparent home invasion on Cunningham Court.
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Police were called out to the home around 2:31 a.m. on reports of a burglary with a resident inside the home who had been shot.
Upon arrival, officers made contact with Flynn’s husband and two children, who were inside the home.
Flynn was pronounced dead at the scene.
News Center 7 spoke with Tipp City Police Chief Greg Adkins on Tuesday.
“I believe it was two shots fired inside the house,” Adkins said.
He said at this point, he does not have a motivation for the crime that he can share.
Adkins said he has reached out to the FBI for additional resources.
Investigators are continuing to go through the evidence they’ve collected.
“It’s pretty much taken the manpower of several of our investigators just reviewing the videos that have been coming in,” Adkins said.
He said it wants to assure the community of safety.
“I feel like we can keep moving forward as a community, like we did prior to this event taking place,” he said.
Flynn and her family were well-known and well-loved by their church and community.
“No matter how you want to spin this, or what information people want to portray, the fact remains that this family just losttheir mother, along with a sister, daughter,” Adkins said.
Crews are finishing up collecting evidence and will then move to analyzing what they have found.
Police are asking anyone with information or video footage that could assist investigators to contact them at (937) 667-3112 or the Miami County Communications Center at (937) 440-9911.
We will continue to follow this story.
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