Man indicted in 26-year-old woman’s death in Dayton

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A Dayton man who reportedly shot and killed a woman outside a Family Dollar was indicted by a grand jury.

William Lamar Pointer, 46, is facing two counts each of murder, felonious assault and having weapons while under disability and a count of tampering with evidence, in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.

Pointer is accused of killing 26-year-old Jamie Guadagno on March 25 outside a Family Dollar on Troy Street.

Around 9 p.m., Dayton police responded to a shooting in the 600 block of Troy Street.

William Lamar Pointer. Photo courtesy the Montgomery County Prosecutor's Office.

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Officers found Guadagno shot in the throat and chest on the sidewalk in front of an apartment complex, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.

She was taken to Miami Valley Hospital but died from her injuries.

Witness statements and surveillance video led investigators to Pointer, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Investigators recovered a gun in a field blocks away, according to Dayton Municipal Court records.

Pointer previously was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 1997, the prosecutor’s office said.

He initially was hospitalized due to an unrelated crash but was booked Thursday into the Montgomery County Jail, where he is held on a $1 million bond.

Pointer is scheduled to be arraigned April 17.

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