Fatal shooting victim ID’d as 21-year-old woman

A woman was killed and a man critically injured after a gunman opened fire inside their car late Wednesday night while they were stopped at Gettysburg Avenue and West Third Street in Dayton.

Both victims found shot in stopped car at Dayton intersection
Police looking for dark-colored sedan that fled west
Shooting is one of two that happened Wednesday in Dayton

UPDATE @ 7:50 p.m.

A 21-year-old woman, identified as Tashawna Gaines, 21, and a 36-year-old man were both shot multiple times. Gaines was a passenger in the car, Dayton police said today.

Gaines and the man, whose name was not released, were both taken to Miami Valley Hospital in critical condition, but Gaines succumbed to her injuries.

Homicide detectives are looking for the suspects who fled in a dark-colored newer model mid-sized sedan. Anyone with information is urged to call police at 937-333 COPS(2677 or Crime Stoppers, 937-222-STOP(7867).

UPDATE @ 12:20 p.m.

The fatal shooting victim from late Wednesday has been identified as Tashawna Gaines, 21, of Germantown Pike, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.

UPDATE @ 4:05 a.m.

The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office confirms one of the three victims of the overnight shootings has died.

Officials did not know if the deceased victim was from the North Gettysburg Avenue shooting or the Wexford Place shooting.

The identity of the victim was also not yet available, pending notification of family.

We’re working to learn more and will update this page when new details are available.

EARILER REPORT

Police were called around 11:10 p.m. to a report of a shooting in a car at the intersection of North Gettysburg Avenue and West Third Street.

“When we arrived here, we found that in fact two individuals had been shot,” said Dayton police Lt. Mark Ponichtera. “It appears that a vehicle approached this stopped vehicle here and fired multiple shots into the vehicle, striking both occupants.”

Police placed a series of cones around two vehicles in the intersection to mark shell casings found at the scene.

The suspect vehicle is described as a dark-colored Toyota with a silver front end piece that fled west on West Third Street.

Following the shooting, a crowd gathered and police had to use a Taser to subdue and arrest one person. Police issued a ‘signal 99’ for countywide officer assistance to get the people under control and to secure the crime scene, Ponichtera said.

One of the victims is in much worse condition than the other, and both are believed to be in their middle to late 20s, Ponichtera said.

Less than an hour after police responded, a second shooting was reported in the 3100 Wexford Place, where a woman was found with a gunshot wound reportedly to the back. She is in serious condition.

According to online jail records, Robert Laurence Williams was arrested after the shooting occurred near the intersection of West Third Street and North Gettysburg Avenue. Records show Williams is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on charges of obstructing official business and misconduct at an emergency.

Anyone with information in the shooting is urged to call police at 937-333-COPS(2677) or Miami Valley Crime Stoppers, 937-222-STOP(7867).

Other shootings since Friday include: