Deputies swarmed the 1900 block of Gant Drive near Embassy Place in Harrison Township on Sunday night after a resident called 9-1-1 to report someone shooting outside. Crews arrived around 10:30 p.m. to find two homes had been struck by gunfire, though officials said no one was hurt.
One caller could be heard telling dispatchers that she felt unsafe as gunfire erupted nearby, according to WDTN.com. Other callers reported hearing roughly 20 gunshots ring out during the burst of violence, as detailed by WHIO. A Montgomery County Sheriff's Office spokesperson confirmed that two homes were hit by gunfire but said no injuries were reported.
Residents Describe Bullets Tearing Through Walls
One frightened caller told a dispatcher, “They just shot through my wall,” adding, “I don't need those problems” — a remark that suggested she worried about repercussions for reporting the gunfire at all. No suspect had been found as of the report, and the case remained under investigation, per the same outlet.
Investigators had detained some people for questioning, but no arrests had been made at the time of the report, the station notes. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office continues investigating what led to the shooting on Gant Drive, though no motive or further details about the circumstances have been released.
Gant Drive's Troubled Recent History
Sunday's shooting is not the first act of gunfire reported on this stretch of road. In September, deputies were dispatched to 1961 Gant Drive around 1:06 a.m., where three men were injured and taken to the hospital, according to Dayton 24/7 Now; none of their injuries appeared life-threatening. A separate shooting on Gant Drive on a Thursday left 18-year-old Devin Bennett dead after an altercation at a nearby intersection turned deadly, the same station reported.
Another Gant Drive shooting, reported by WDTN.com in September 2025, left one woman hospitalized and another woman arrested. Harrison Township has also seen gunfire elsewhere, including a road-rage shooting at North Dixie Drive and Harding Avenue in which no one was reported hurt, according to Dayton 24/7 Now. The evidence reviewed does not establish whether these separate incidents reflect a broader pattern, and each remains a distinct case.
For now, Sunday's shooting adds another unresolved case to the list, with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office still working to determine who fired the shots that tore through two homes and left at least one resident too afraid to speak openly about what she witnessed.
