Dayton man gets probation connected to fight, stabbing

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A Dayton man has been sentenced to probation connected to a fight where a man was stabbed multiple times and a 14-year-old was knocked unconscious.

Tavion’te Nel’shon Howard was sentenced by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Gerald Parker Jr. to up to five years of probation, with the conditions that the law enforcement maintain custody of the Smith and Wesson handgun involved in the case and he have no contact with his codefendants.

Howard was charged along with Nathan Kyle Harber, 20, and Dae’toine Amontaey Jamar Shells, 19 connected to a fight Oct. 28, 2024.

Pictured from left to right, Nathan Kyle Harber, Dae'toine Amaontaey Jamar Shells and Tavion'te Nel'shon Howard. Photos courtesy Miami Valley Jails.

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Police were called to the 400 block of Delaware Avenue on a report that someone had been shot, and on arrival found a man who had been stabbed multiple times and a 14-year-old who had been punched and kicked unconscious, according to Dayton Municipal Court records.

Police confirmed to media that nobody was shot, but bullet casings from two different guns were found on scene.

While investigating, police searched Shells’ home and found a loaded .45 cal

iber Glock handgun, documents said. When detectives spoke to Howard, he said that he saw Shells have and fire a handgun during the fight, and that he also fired a 9 mm handgun that was found in his home, records said.

Harber was indicted on two counts of felonious assault, and is scheduled to be in court Feb. 13.

Shells was granted intervention in lieu of conviction Jan. 17.

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