Overview
- Police say the confrontation outside the Strongsville Costco on Saturday left employee Randolph E. Corrigan, 61, mortally wounded after he was shot multiple times near the entrance.
- Investigators arrested 22-year-old Christian M. Bryant of Fort Worth at the scene, and a judge set his bond at $5 million during a Monday arraignment on a murder charge.
- Officers recovered a Springfield XD-40 handgun, a 37-round drum magazine, and 13 spent .40-caliber casings, and witnesses told police Bryant fired once, paused, then fired several more shots.
- Bryant says Corrigan approached him with a knife, some court filings reference a pocket knife, and a local police report cited by one outlet did not list a knife, so detectives are still testing the self-defense claim as they prepare a grand jury presentation.
- Corrigan’s family says he was the sole caregiver for his 86-year-old mother, a GoFundMe has raised tens of thousands of dollars for expenses, and Strongsville police are asking additional witnesses to contact detectives.