15-year-old girl dead following Sunday shooting in Dayton; man in custody
Apr. 15—A man was arrested Sunday afternoon after a girl died in a shooting at a Dayton apartment.
The 38-year-old man was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on preliminary murder and having weapons while under disability charges, according to booking records.
Formal charges have not been filed as of Monday afternoon. The Dayton Daily News generally does not identify suspects until they have been formally charged.
The girl's identity has not been released at this time.
Around 12:20 p.m. Sunday, Dayton officers responded to a shooting in the 400 block of Bowen Street, just south of U.S. 35, near Xenia Avenue and Steve Whalen Boulevard.
"Upon arrival, officers located the victim, a 15-year-old female," said Lt. Steven Bauer. "She was pronounced deceased at the scene."
A 911 caller initially identified the girl as a 12-year-old and said she was shot upstairs in an apartment, according to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch records.
The caller said he didn't witness the shooting or know if she was breathing. He told the dispatcher he heard a gunshot and then people screaming, according to the 911 call.
