An Ohio woman has been convicted of attempted murder following a New Year’s Eve shooting in 2025, during which she targeted a party attended by both her estranged husband and current boyfriend, according to prosecutors.
Olivia Clendenin, a 29-year-old resident of Franklin, Ohio, was at the center of a tense encounter after her husband and boyfriend discovered at the party that they were both romantically involved with her, officials reported.
Prosecutors detailed how Clendenin attempted to coax her husband into leaving the event. When her efforts failed, she left the party, retrieved a .40-caliber handgun, and returned to a home in Clearcreek Township, where she discharged the firearm eight times.
During the incident, a man who happened to be sitting on the porch was hit in the abdomen, sustaining life-threatening injuries. Authorities confirmed that the victim was not connected to the personal conflict between Clendenin and the two men.
The shooting took place at a residence located on Dearth Road in Clearcreek Township, Ohio. The case continues to draw attention due to the dramatic events leading up to the violent confrontation.
Prosecutors say the shooting happened at a home off Dearth Road in Clearcreek Township, Ohio. (Google Maps)
“The victim had simply been invited to a New Year’s Eve party and found himself in the middle of Clendenin’s barrage of gunfire,” Warren County Prosecutor David P. Fornshell said in a press release.
“Clendenin may have started 2025 as a free person but will spend the rest of 2026 and, at a minimum, the decade thereafter incarcerated for attempting to murder at least one of her romantic interests — albeit striking and almost killing an innocent victim,” Fornshell added.
A mugshot of Olivia Clendenin from January 2025. (Warren County Jail)
A Warren County jury convicted Clendenin of attempted murder, two counts of felonious assault and illegal discharge of a firearm at or into a habitation, along with accompanying firearm specifications.
Clendenin will be sentenced after a pre-sentence investigation is completed, prosecutors said.
