DAYTON — The 23-year-old man killed in a shooting near a Dayton apartment complex late Wednesday night has been identified.
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Deelaquan Smith was identified on Friday by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.
As reported by News Center 7, Dayton officers responded to a shooting at an apartment complex in the 3000 block of Valerie Arms Drive just before 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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A woman told News Center 7 on Thursday that the gunfire woke her up.
“We were just asleep, and I heard ‘pow, pow, pow,’ and I was startled awake,” Carlisa Steele said.
She and her next-door neighbor looked outside to see how bad it was.
“We saw the crime tape, we saw a police officer out there taking pictures of the car,” Steele said.
“By the time I came out the door, it was just chaos. Everybody, a lot of police cars,” Dawn Phillips said.
Medics took Smith to Miami Valley Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Dayton Police told News Center 7 on Thursday that detectives from its homicide unit are investigating this shooting.
Police have not said anything about a suspect or a motive.
We will continue to follow this story.
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