DAYTON — At least two people were injured after two separate shootings in Dayton on Wednesday.
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As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, the shootings happened about four hours apart on Wednesday.
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The first shooting happened around 4:35 p.m. on April 22 on Salem Avenue near Riverview Avenue, according to a previous News Center 7 report.
Medics transported a juvenile to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Someone called 911 and told dispatchers that another person shot the victim in the car.
“My friend got shot in the face, I need help now!” they told dispatchers. “We rolled down the window to talk to him, and he pulled a gun out and told us to give him money.”
Around 8:45 p.m., someone showed up at Miami Valley Hospital with a gunshot wound.
A Montgomery County Regional Dispatch supervisor told News Center 7 that the second shooting happened on Grove Avenue.
A man told our news crew that he heard about five to six gunshots on Grove Avenue.
“Thoughts and prayers for anybody that was potentially injured in the situation, and Godspeed any kind of recovery or anything that’s needed,” he said.
We will continue to update both shootings.
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