CANFIELD, Ohio — An armed assailant charged toward Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair on Sunday, injuring several people before troopers stopped him, according to the Associated Press and Ohio State Highway Patrol accounts carried by AP.
Acton was not injured. Mahoning County Democratic Party chairman Chris Anderson said the suspect knocked volunteers to the ground and was arrested with “multiple weapons.” Fairground police referred questions to the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department.
Acton, Ohio’s former public health director, is the Democratic nominee facing Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in November. The incident is under investigation.
Sources: Associated Press.
