A 21-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 1200 block of Kumler Avenue late Saturday night, and detectives are trying to figure out who did it. Newly released 911 calls capture the chaos of the moment — a girlfriend screaming that her boyfriend and their house had been shot, and the wounded man himself begging dispatchers to hurry.
The shooting was reported around 10:50 p.m. on September 12, according to three 911 calls obtained by WHIO TV through a public records request. A Montgomery County Regional Dispatch sergeant confirmed the time and location of the shooting to the station. In one call, a woman told dispatchers her boyfriend and her house had been shot; in another, the boyfriend himself came on the line, saying he'd been shot behind the leg and pleading with dispatchers to hurry and get to the scene.
A second caller reported seeing an SUV in the area at the time of the shooting, saying the vehicle went down Cornell Avenue. A third caller, who lives nearby, told dispatchers the gunfire sounded like it was right outside their own door and that they'd heard multiple shots. The station's report notes it reached out to the Dayton Police Department to determine what led to the shooting and how serious the injuries were.
Detectives Take Over
The victim's injuries were non-life-threatening. Detectives from the department's Violent Offender Unit have been assigned to lead the investigation.
It isn't the first time gunfire has been reported on that stretch of Kumler Avenue. Public emergency dispatch records reviewed by CrimeLocal list a shooting in the same 1200 block.
Part of a Bloody Weekend Across Montgomery County
The Kumler Avenue shooting was one of four separate shootings reported across Montgomery County over the September 11-13 weekend.
If a suspect is identified and charged with firing into an occupied home, Ohio law carries steep consequences. Under Ohio Revised Code § 2923.161, discharging a firearm at or into an occupied structure used as a habitation is a second-degree felony punishable by two to eight years in prison, according to Zukerman Law. Prosecutors can also add mandatory consecutive prison time through firearm specifications under a separate statute, ORC § 2941.145.
Community Groups Work to Head Off Retaliation
Felons with a Future is involved in a Dayton Violence Interruption Program. West Dayton has seen gun violence persistently concentrated for decades.
A Hoodline report said roughly 80% of Dayton's violent gun crimes resulting in injury or death occurred in the city's West and Northwest neighborhoods. The statistic highlights the concentration of violent gun crime in those neighborhoods.
Citywide violent crime decreased in 2025 compared with prior years. That citywide decline sits uneasily alongside the concentrated, repeated gunfire still hitting blocks like Kumler Avenue, where gunfire has been reported.
Emergency calls from the block reached the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center. Detectives continue to work the case.
