A woman was found with a head injury Tuesday night in the 5900 block of Salem Bend Drive in Trotwood, prompting police to shut down the street while they investigate what happened. Emergency dispatchers logged the 911 call at 7:08 p.m. on October 13, and officers quickly cordoned off the area to process the scene.
Dispatch Records Detail the Initial Report
According to Dayton Daily News, the shooting was reported in the 5900 block of Salem Bend Drive, with the call recorded at 7:08 p.m. by the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center. The road was closed in the area while officers investigated. Separately, WHIO reported that dispatchers logged the 911 call describing a woman found with a head injury, details that first drew police and medics to the scene.
Police have not yet said whether the woman's injuries are confirmed to be gunshot-related. The exact nature of her condition remains unclear based on information released so far.
A Street With a History of Violence
This is not the first serious call to the Salem Bend Drive corridor. In December 2023, officers and medics responded to a stabbing in the 5000 block of the same street, deploying a K-9 unit and a drone to search for a suspect who fled the scene, according to WHIO.
Part of a Troubling Pattern for the Suburb
The Tuesday night call comes just seven weeks after Trotwood police investigated the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Luqman Bilal Abdur Rahman near Crown Avenue and West Second Street on August 25, a case Hoodline covered as the killer remained at large. That shooting, and now this latest incident, fit into a broader trend tracked by OpenCrime, which found Trotwood's violent crime rate at 698.8 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — about 95% higher than the national average of 359.1.
No arrests or formal charges have been announced in connection with Tuesday night's incident, and the victim's current medical condition has not been publicly detailed.
