COLUMBUS, Ohio – An 80-year-old Lakewood man who died outside his home worked as a doctor in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Dr. Craig Cullen-Terzano, a retired U.S. Army veteran, graduated from Harvard and UCLA, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced at the beginning of his Thursday coronavirus briefing.
“I get told that his work ethic and dedication to his job and the people were unparalleled,” DeWine said. “Our deepest sympathy goes out to his loved ones and those who worked with him.”
Cullen-Terzano made a daily four-hour journey from his home in Lakewood to his job at the Corrections Reception Center, a state prison for men in the Orient.
Cullen-Terzano died Wednesday at 11:15 a.m. in an ambulance outside the home on Clifton Boulevard just south of Lakewood Park, police said. An unidentified person called police and requested a welfare check at his home.
Police found him lying outside the house.
Lakewood police and the Westshore Enforcement Bureau SWAT and negotiators arrested a suspect early Thursday morning after a five-hour standoff. Police have not released any more information about the incident nor have they said if any prosecutors have been filed against the suspect.
According to Lakewood police radiologists, a woman living in the house said her husband was making noise and making a lot of noise in the bottom of the house. She also explained that her husband had a gun. The logs are not clear about the relationship between the woman, man and Cullen-Terzano.
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