Man indicted for murder in shooting of Springfield woman on US 35 in Riverside

Stacy Cameron of Springfield holds up her cellphone, showing a photo of her and her daughter Shauna Cameron, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Shauna was shot and killed May 8 on Mother's Day while riding in a car along U.S. 35 in Riverside. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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Stacy Cameron of Springfield holds up her cellphone, showing a photo of her and her daughter Shauna Cameron, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Shauna was shot and killed May 8 on Mother's Day while riding in a car along U.S. 35 in Riverside. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

A Dayton man was indicted for murder Monday in the Mother’s Day shooting of a Springfield woman on U.S. 35 in Riverside.

Jamar Allen Hayes, 26, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court for two counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises. All charges carry three-year firearm specifications, and all but the last charge carries a five-year firearm specification, court records show.

Jamar Hayes

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Hayes was arrested Oct. 10 after about a 15-minute standoff involving the Riverside Police Department and U.S. Marshals Service, Riverside police Maj. Matthew Sturgeon said last week.

Riverside police identified Hayes as a “strong person of interest” in the shooting death of 31-year-old Shauna Cameron. She was a passenger in a maroon, four-door Chevrolet Impala headed east the afternoon of May 8 on U.S. 35 near the Woodman Drive exit when it was shot at least two times.

A 29-year-old man driving the Impala and a 23-year-old passenger took Cameron to Miami Valley Hospital, where she died of her injuries. The other two occupants were not hurt.

Prosecutors said on Monday that Hayes was the ex-boyfriend of one of the victims in the case, however they did not specify which of the three.

Cameron’s mother, Stacy Cameron, said her daughter was studying to become a nurse assistant at Ross Medical Education Center in Dayton, and that she received a diploma and lab coat posthumously from the school. She also had attended Springfield City Schools and graduated from Opportunities for Individual Change “OIC” of Clark County’s Life Skills program.

Hayes remains held on a $2.5 million bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

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