Man wanted in Miami Twp. shooting called police just after pursuit, crash

MIAMI TWP. — A man wanted in connection to the shooting outside a Miami Twp. hotel called police minutes after his pickup crashed during a pursuit following the shooting, according to dispatch records.

“I’m trying to report a stolen truck,” Jesse Shepherd told dispatchers when he called about six minutes after the pursuit ended. “My neighbor just said somebody stole my truck.”

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Shepherd is believed to be the man that exited first from the driver’s side of his pickup truck after it crashed at the intersection of Nicholas and Dryden roads with Moraine police in pursuit.  He still was on the run from police Friday morning.

The other man, Dennis Lamar Taylor, was taken into custody immediately and was still in the Montgomery County Jail Friday morning on a preliminary booking for felonious assault.

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Wednesday afternoon, police responded to DoubleTree Suites By Hilton Hotel on Prestige Place after a person was shot in the head outside the hotel.

Police said the shooting victim was taken into surgery at Kettering Medical Center. An updated condition was not immediately available Friday.

Shepherd is charged with felonious assault, aggravated robbery and failure to comply for the shooting. He’s described as being 5-foot-7 and approximately 125 pounds.

Anyone who knows where Shepherd is should call police immediately. They can also call Miami Twp. Police Det. Sgt. Mike Siney at 937-608-1061 or 937-531-4061.