As part of his plea, a second felonious assault count plus having weapons while under disability, tampering with evidence and misdemeanor charges of endangering children, domestic violence and intimidation of a crime victim or witness were dismissed, according to court records.
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies responded around 11:25 p.m. March 31 to a house in the 4100 block of Fleetwood Drive in Harrison Twp., where they found a 42-year-old woman lying in a pool of blood in the entryway with a gunshot wound to the face.
A girl told investigators her mother’s boyfriend, identified as Dunlap, asked her to help him prepare food but that she was helping her mother do her nails, according to an affidavit filed in Vandalia Municipal Court.
The girl’s mother reportedly told Dunlap the girl was helping her but he continued to try to get the girl to help him instead. After the woman left the room to talk to Dunlap the girl heard gunfire, according to the affidavit.
“When (the girl) went into the family room area she heard Dunlap go out the back door and she found (her mother) facedown in a pool of blood,” the affidavit read. “She contacted 911 and family members.”
A 9-year-old boy also was at the house in his bedroom, which shares a wall with the family room.
The woman initially was taken to Kettering Health Dayton but was transferred to Kettering Health Main Campus. She initially was in critical but stable condition, the sheriff’s office said.
Dunlap later turned himself in. He told deputies he threw a handgun into a wooded area near Philadelphia Drive but did not say what happened, according to court records.
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