DAYTON — A suspect was taken to the hospital after he was shot by an officer in Montgomery County.
As reported on News Center 7 at 11, the shooting happened at Miller and Hoover avenues around 1:15 p.m., just feet from the Dayton city limit.
Reporter Mike Campbell is working with Dayton Police to get more details on what led to Thursday’s shooting, starting at 5:00 pm on News Center 7.
Dayton Police Chief Kamran Afzal said his officers were working “targeted enforcement” with the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Aviation Unit.
Around 1:00 p.m., officers gathered information about a stolen car and from the air, state troopers helped lead them to Hoover and Miller avenues.
Afzal said that is where a man in a pickup truck was blocking officers’ way, and they told him to get out of the way.
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Keith Spears, who lives in the neighborhood, saw police turn their attention to the man in the truck.
“The man was sticking out the truck asking, ‘why are y’all pulling me over?’ And they just said, ‘we want to talk to you. Get out of the truck,’” Spears said.
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It was at this point the man got out of the truck.
“He took off running and then they said he got a gun and pow,” Spears said.
According to Chief Afzal, the man had a gun.
“At some point, he does get out of the vehicle with what appears to be a handgun in his right hand and runs. The officers engage him at that point, and one of our officers does discharge his handgun,” the chief said.
Afzal said the man who was shot is at the hospital in “stable” condition.
He said there was no exchange of gunfire, only his officer firing once.
The stolen car was found down the road from where the shooting happened.
The person who was driving that car was taken into custody and taken to the hospital for a medical issue.
We will continue to follow this story.
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