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Man dead, woman in custody after shooting in Dayton neighborhood

DAYTON — UPDATE @ 9 p.m.:

A man is dead after a shooting in a Dayton neighborhood on Friday.

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Police responded to the 5300 block of Haverfield Road around 3:15 p.m., according to a Montgomery County Regional Dispatch supervisor.

It started as an argument, and one shot was fired.

The man was shot in the torso and died from his injuries at a local hospital, according to Sgt. Jon Sopczak.

A woman was taken into custody.

In a 911 call, a woman told dispatchers that a man was beating her brother with a bat, then turned to her.

The woman tells dispatchers that the man is lying in the grass.

When dispatchers asked what happened to the man, the woman says, “I shot him because he came after me.”

We are working to learn more and will update as we get new information.

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