Woman says gunfire was accidental after man shot, killed in Dayton

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One person is dead after a shooting was reported in Dayton Wednesday evening.

According to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center records, the shooting was reported in the 3500 block of Stanford Place at 8:27 p.m.

A 911 caller told dispatchers that someone had been shot on the corner of Layton Drive and Stanford Place. A different caller said that the person is a man, and may have been shot in the chest.

Later, dispatch records said that a woman called and admitted to being present when the man was shot.

She told dispatchers the man had been acting angry and reached for the gun. She said that she also tried to grab it and the gun went off, shooting the man.

Dispatch records said that the gun was still in the man’s pocket.

A woman was arrested connected to the shooting, and medics took one person to Miami Valley Hospital records said.

The man died due to his injuries at the hospital, Dayton Police Lt. Steven Bauer said.

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