1 killed, 2 injured after 3 shootings within 8 hours in Dayton

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One man was killed and at least two others were injured in three separate shootings reported within eight hours on Wednesday and Thursday in Dayton.

The first of the three was reported around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, when police and medics were called to the intersection of Pruden Avenue and North Irwin Street after a 911 caller said there was a woman covered in blood who appeared to have been shot in the face, according to the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center.

The caller told dispatch the woman came from behind Arlo Steel.

She was conscious and breathing. Medics took her to Miami Valley Hospital, where Dayton police Lt. Steven Bauer said she was in non-life-threatening condition.

Detectives investigating the shooting determined the victim and shooter are known to one another, he said.

Approximately three hours later, at 8:29 p.m., crews were dispatched to a shooting reported in the 3500 block of Stanford Place.

A person told 911 dispatchers someone was shot at the corner of Layton Drive and Stanford Place, according to dispatch records. A second caller said there was a man who may have been shot in the chest.

Later, a woman called dispatch and said she was present at the shooting.

She said the man had been acting angry and reached for a gun, according to dispatch records. She also tried to grab the gun and it went off, shooting the man, she said.

A woman was arrested and the man was taken to Miami Valley Hospital, according to dispatch records.

The man, whose name has not been released, has since died of his injuries, Bauer said, and the homicide unit was called to the scene to investigate.

The third shooting took place just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday on West Third Street.

A 911 caller said he was behind Roosevelt Elementary School with his cousin, who had been shot.

He said his cousin was shot in the arm, side and the leg, according to the 911 call. The caller did not know who shot his cousin.

A second 911 caller told dispatcher her 19-year-old son called her and said he had been shot.

Additional information on the gunshot victim’s condition was not available.