Sheriff: Shooting victim refused help, found 12 hours after incident

HARRISON TWP. — UPDATE @ 3 p.m.: 

A man was found shot inside a Harrison Twp. house nearly 12 hours after suffered the injury, according to Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck.

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Deputies and medics were dispatched to the home in the 4400 block of Canyon Road around 1:30 p.m. on reports of an injured person in the house, investigators said.

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The victim, only identified as a man, was shot around 1:30 a.m. but refused help and didn’t call 911, Streck said. The person who called 911 was another person requesting deputies check the welfare of a man who might be injured in the house, investigators said.

The man suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his leg and was transported to Miami Valley Hospital Friday afternoon for treatment.

The victim has not been cooperative with investigators, Streck said.

The shooting is not believed to be self-inflicted and shell casings were located inside the house, Streck said.

Additional details were not available.

FIRST REPORT

Deputies are investigating reports of a person shot in a house on Canyon Road in Harrison Twp. Friday afternoon, according to initial reports.

Medics and deputies were dispatched to the home in the 4400 block of Canyon Road and found a person suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, emergency scanner traffic indicates.

The condition of the victim wasn’t immediately known.

We have a crew on the way and we’ll update this story as we learn more.