Jason Scott, a 37-year-old resident of Waverly, Ohio, was shot in the head and died at a home on Curtis Lane in Pike County on November 23, 2025. Deputies were dispatched about 8:25 a.m.; arriving officers found Scott gravely wounded and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Within hours law enforcement identified and located 40-year-old Christopher L. Barfield of Waverly as the person who reportedly shot Scott before fleeing. Barfield was taken into custody nearby, questioned at the sheriff’s office, and later charged with aggravated murder. The Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted in processing the scene.

Authorities have not disclosed a motive or explained what led to the shooting, and no other suspects have been publicly identified. Did anyone in the Waverly or Pike County area see activity around Curtis Lane that morning or know of a connection between the two men?