On April 18, 2024, at about 4:05 p.m., multiple 911 calls reported gunfire at Kitchen Enterprises Trucking Company on Pro Tec Parkway near Leipsic, Ohio. Responding personnel found 30-year-old Farrah Renee Croninger of Deshler deceased from gunshot wounds. A coworker, 54-year-old Michael Kitchen of Ottawa, was injured and taken to Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center.

Authorities identified 26-year-old Konner Dunklee of Lima as the suspect; he fled the scene but was arrested later that day in Allen County and held at the Putnam County Adult Detention Center. Dunklee was charged with aggravated murder, murder, and attempted murder; a judge set bond at $1 million and a grand jury later indicted him on aggravated murder. By July 2024 he was found competent to stand trial and plea negotiations were reported underway as of October 2024.

Farrah Croninger, born September 20, 1993, was a Patrick Henry High School graduate who studied early childhood education and worked in the parts department at Kitchen Enterprises while recently launching Farrah Lewis Birth Services. She married Kyle Croninger January 13, 2024, and was mother to three children: Bentley, Sierra, and Cassidy Arens. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to come forward.