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Suspect in Katie’s Place hit-and-run is indicted
DAYTON — The suspect in a hit-and-run incident that killed a man outside Katie’s Place bar and injured three others was indicted Wednesday, May 20.
David Diaz Dominguez, 37, was indicted on one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, two counts of aggravated assault and three counts of vehicular assault.
The aggravated vehicular homicide count is a second-degree felony, punishable by up to eight years in prison. The other charges are all fourth-degree felonies, punishable by up to 18 months in prison.
As a result of the April 24 incident, Rodrido Resendiz Bahena, 27, suffered multiple blunt force trauma to all areas of his body, including severe injuries to his head and neck, according to a Montgomery County Coroner’s autopsy.
Bahena and two other people, another male and female, were critically injured after being hit by a 2000 Ford Expedition driven by Dominguez, police said. The incident happened about 1 a.m. at the bar, which is at 2264 E. Fifth St. A fourth person was hit, but was treated for minor injuries.
Montgomery County Prosecutor Mathias H. Heck, Jr. said Wednesday that Dominguez had been shooting pool inside the bar when he got into an argument with another person and was asked to leave. Once outside, Dominguez continued to argue with other patrons, then got into his car and drove through the parking lot. Two of the other people hit were bar employees, Heck said.
“This defendant used his vehicle as a weapon, and struck the victims, one fatally,” Heck said. “He will now be held accountable, to the maximum extend of the law, for his reckless behavior and uncontrolled anger.”
Dominguez fled to Texas after the incident. He was arrested in Pasadena on May 1, then extradited and booked into the Montgomery County Jail on May 13. As of Wednesday, Dominguez remained in the jail on $1 million bond.
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