The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office has officially identified the man killed in a Trotwood shooting last week as 24-year-old Luqman Bilal Abdur Rahman. He died after being found lying in the road with an apparent gunshot wound near Crown Avenue and West Second Street, and more than a week later, no arrest has been made.
According to Dayton Daily News, Trotwood police responded to a report of gunfire with a person in the road on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 25. A 911 caller told dispatchers she did not see anybody but heard approximately three booms, and said somebody appeared to be in the street bleeding. When officers arrived, they found Rahman with a gunshot wound.
Emergency medical personnel rendered aid at the scene and transported Rahman to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to WHIO TV. Neighborhood residents near the intersection recalled hearing between three and five gunshots in broad daylight around 12:30 p.m., the station reported. The coroner’s office confirmed Rahman’s identity Tuesday, more than a week after the shooting.
A Street With a Painful History
The 100 block of Crown Avenue carries grim familiarity for Trotwood residents. WHIO TV’s reporting notes that the same street was the site of a fatal shooting in December 2023 that killed 14-year-old Mi’King Taylor. It is not clear whether the two incidents are connected, and the dossier does not indicate any link between the cases beyond their shared location.
Trotwood Police detectives have asked witnesses or anyone who noticed something suspicious to come forward, per the Dayton Daily News report. The department’s Detective Section, according to the City of Trotwood, operates with one sergeant, six detectives and one evidence custodian handling felony investigations and case filings with the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office. Anyone with information is asked to contact Trotwood police at 937-837-7771, or to submit an anonymous tip to Miami Valley Crime Stoppers at 937-222-STOP (7867) or through miamivalleycrimestoppers.com.
Crime Trends and Regional Context
City officials have pointed to broader improvements in local crime statistics even as violent incidents like this one draw scrutiny. Trotwood Police Chief Erik Wilson presented data to the city council in mid-2025 showing overall Part 1 crimes in Trotwood fell 10%, from 918 incidents in 2023 to 827 in 2024, according to Citizen Portal. Wilson also explained that an apparent uptick in violent crime statistics stemmed largely from Ohio’s reclassification of strangulation as a qualifying domestic violence offense, not a broader surge in street violence, the outlet reported.
Even so, federal health data shows Montgomery County’s homicide rate has outpaced the state as a whole. The NIH HDPulse Data Portal recorded an average annual age-adjusted homicide rate of 11.9 deaths per 100,000 residents in the county between 2020 and 2024, compared to Ohio’s statewide rate of 8.5 per 100,000. Critically injured gunshot victims across the region, including Montgomery County, are typically routed to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, the only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I Trauma Center serving 17 counties in Southwest Ohio, as Hoodline has previously reported.
What Comes Next
No suspect has been named and no arrests have been announced in Rahman’s death. Under Ohio Revised Code Section 2929.02, a murder conviction carries a mandatory indefinite prison term of 15 years to life, though it remains unclear whether the case will ultimately result in charges. Trotwood police describe the investigation as ongoing, and detectives continue to seek tips from anyone with information about the shooting.
