Around 9 p.m. on May 18, multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a report of an active shooter at the DMAX facility at 3100 Dryden Road.
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
When officers arrived, they found Cox outside with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, Moraine police Sgt. Andrew Parish said previously. Cox was initially in critical but stable condition. He was released from a medical facility on July 26 and is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1 million bond, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
Crews also found two victims inside the facility.
Jeffrey James Allen III, 28, of Dayton was pronounced dead at the scene. He had been shot at least a dozen times, according to the prosecutor’s office.
The second victim, Kelly Suber Jr., had non-life-threatening injuries. He told the Dayton Daily News he was shot in the foot while he was jumping over an assembly line and trying to escape.
The shooting stemmed from a feud involving a woman, according to police. Both men and the woman worked at DMAX.
“We’ve been able to confirm that both the suspect and Mr. Allen were apparently involved in a domestic related feud over a female who was also an employee of the facility,” Parish said in a press conference the day after the shooting. “During the altercation between the two males last night, the suspect produced a semi-automatic handgun and shot and killed Mr. Allen.”
Allen and Cox had dated the woman, according to Kettering Municipal Court records. A witness who worked in human relations for DMAX reportedly had tried to diffuse an ongoing argument between the men.
Suber was not part of the feud.
A lawyer representing Suber and Allen’s family claimed DMAX had non-existent security. Michael Wright, an attorney for Wright & Schulte LLC, said in May DMAX is responsible for having security measures that protect workers.
Wright said he was investigating the security policies at the plant, but it wasn’t clear if a lawsuit would be filed.
Staff writers Jen Balduf and Eric Schwartzberg contributed to this report.
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