A man was shot near the intersection of West Third Street and North Broadway Street in Dayton on Saturday, and was rushed to Miami Valley Hospital as police worked to piece together what happened. Dispatchers sent officers and medics to the 3600 block of West Third Street around 12:38 p.m. on reports of a shooting, and the victim was located nearby at West Third and North Broadway.
Dayton police and medics were dispatched around 12:38 p.m. to the 3600 block of West Third Street on reports of a shooting, according to WHIO. A Montgomery County Regional Dispatch sergeant confirmed that the victim was found at West Third Street and North Broadway Street, the station reported. Medics then took the victim to Miami Valley Hospital, though details on the injuries were not immediately available, per the same report.
A separate timeline from Montgomery County Regional Dispatch, relayed by WDTN, placed the shooting at approximately 12:40 p.m. in the 3600 block of West Third Street. According to WDTN, a 911 caller reported that the man had been shot in his leg, and she also described the shooter to dispatchers. The station reported that police later pulled over a vehicle, and the man inside explained to officers that he had been shot.
How Officers Located the Victim
The sequence of events laid out by dispatch suggests officers were still working to locate the shooting victim even as the 911 call came in describing the gunfire. The man was found after police stopped the vehicle he was riding in, the WDTN report notes, though it remains unclear exactly how that vehicle connects to the original scene near West Third and North Broadway. Dayton 24/7 Now also confirmed that one person was shot and transported to Miami Valley Hospital following the incident.
No arrests or suspect details have been released in connection with Saturday's shooting, and the man's condition after being taken to the hospital has not been made public. The stretch of West Third Street has seen gun violence before — Hoodline previously reported on a shooting in the 5200 block of West Third Street, where officers responding at 2:14 a.m. on a Monday found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. In that case, 33-year-old Tichina Henderson was later charged with two counts of felonious assault after allegedly shooting a man twice during a fight.
The earlier shooting was in the 5200 block of West Third Street, while Saturday's shooting was near North Broadway Street. Dayton police have not released further information about Saturday's shooting, including the man's identity or his condition following treatment.
