West Liberty Police Connect Sept 5th Fatal Mount Pleasant High Speed Chase To Murder in West Liberty

A High speed chase from September of 2024 in Mount Pleasant has come to new information involving a homicide of a West Liberty woman. Brady Grimm led Mount Pleasant Police Department on a high speed police chase around 6:30 PM on September 5 stopping several times to fire shots at the Mount Pleasant Police Department, eventually losing control of his vehicle on Highway 218 and 185th Street.

Officers approached the car and determined that he was dead on scene. West Liberty Police have recently come to say that a man shot and killed his dead father’s girlfriend before leading police on that chase before killing himself. West liberty Pd had been working a homicide investigation since September 5th.

The investigation was between Brady Grimm & his dead father’s girlfriend, Susan Sam Fittro.

Police say it started with a domestic violence incident at Brady’s home in Mount Pleasant around 3:30 on September 5th. WL Police say Grimm went to the West Liberty home and killed his dead father’s girlfriend, Susan, Sam Fittro at her house that afternoon. Grimm then returned to his house in Mount pleasant around 6:30 on the evening of Sept 5th before leading MP officers on the high speed chase leading to a crash and then shooting himself.

A family member found Miss Fittro dead later at her home. Police say Grimm’s identity was withheld this length of time during the investigation to follow up on leads and forensic examinations.