Dayton double shooting ruled homicide, suicide by coroner

Two people were reportedly shot in the 1600 block of Russet Avenue in Dayton on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Two people were reportedly shot in the 1600 block of Russet Avenue in Dayton on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

A double shooting that killed a man and woman in Dayton in early November has been ruled a homicide and suicide by the coroner’s office.

Emily Stovall, 23, died from multiple gunshot wounds on Nov. 7 at a house on Russet Avenue, according to Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger. Her death was a homicide.

Jacob Osterhaus, 25, was also pronounced dead at the house. Harshbarger reported he died by suicide.

Shortly before 1 p.m. on Nov. 7, Dayton police responded to the 1600 block of Russet Avenue for a reported shooting.

Maj. Jason Hall said officers found two people, later identified as Stovall and Osterhaus, with gunshot wounds.

Two people were reportedly shot in the 1600 block of Russet Avenue in Dayton on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

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“Unfortunately both of those individuals succumbed to their injuries and were pronounced dead on the scene,” he said.

A 911 caller told police dispatchers a woman was on the sidewalk in front of the house, according to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center records.

“She came out yelling help and then it seemed like something happened,” he said.

The caller couldn’t tell if the woman was breathing. He did not report seeing a shooter.

Hall previously said everyone at the scene was accounted for and investigators were not looking for any suspects.

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