MONTGOMERY COUNTY — Dayton Police and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office are investigating multiple shootings that left five people with injuries and one person dead.
The weekend violence began on Riverside Drive in Dayton just before midnight on Friday.
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As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, police found a man who had been shot to death in someone’s backyard. This is the neighborhood where the city’s Violence Interruption Program started in April.
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On Saturday night, a 21-year-old man was shot in the leg on Kumler Avenue in Dayton.
He and his girlfriend called 911 on Saturday night and said that someone shot up their house.
Investigators are still searching for a suspect.
An early-morning shooting happened on Sunday morning at an apartment complex on Gant Drive in Harrison Township.
Three people were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
One man was shot in the leg, another man suffered a grazing wound, and the third victim suffered a cut on his hand.
The latest shooting left a 16-year-old boy in the hospital after he was found shot on Beechwood Avenue.
A 911 caller from the group home that the boy is a part of said he had been AWOL.
“He came back with a gunshot wound. I need an ambulance,” the caller said.
The teenager is expected to be okay.
CEO of Felons with a Future Greg West said that up until the two shootings over the weekend, the North Riverdale Area went 183 days without someone dying from gun violence in that area.
The area has gone 89 days without violence at all.
“Which are two points to be proud of, but you know, even though it’s bittersweet today, that today was the day that we were planning our celebration for the community to come out celebrate that milestone in six months, we have to have these interviews like this and talk about what happened last night,” said West.
Officers are still investigating these shootings. We will continue to update this story when more information becomes available.
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