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Man threatens to shoot Dayton church worker in head, report says

DAYTON — A 71-year-old woman volunteering at a church thrift shop told Dayton police a man threatened to shoot her in the head.

Around 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, Dayton police were called to St. Luke Baptist Church, 2262 N. Gettysburg Ave., for a menacing complaint.

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The alleged victim is a volunteer at the church’s thrift shop.

She told police a man in a wheelchair threatened her after she refused to give back the $10 he paid for an organ at the store, reads the report. The man was upset he could not transport the organ.

The suspect reportedly told the woman he would shoot her and that he knows what time she arrives and leaves work, and what door she uses, according to the Dayton police report.

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A summons for menacing was issued for Jeffery L. Battle, 64. He was also trespassed from the store.

Battle denied that he made the threat because “he doesn’t own a gun,” but did say he knows what door she comes and leaves from, according to the police report.