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Friday, May 29, 2009
Second man arrested in connection with Isaac Gibson slaying
DAYTON — Investigators have arrested a second man in connection with the April 25 shooting of Isaac Gibson, who was killed at a memorial cookout for another homicide victim.
The SOFAST task force, made up of U.S. Marshals and local police, and Dayton homicide detectives arrested Keith A. Watson, 26, at a house near Germantown Street and Nicholas Road about 2 p.m. Friday, May 29, said Bill Taylor, Southern District of Ohio supervisor for the U.S. Marshals Service.
Watson had body armor with him at the house, Taylor said.
Watson is charged with felonious assault, inducing panic, being a felon in possession of a weapon and abduction, according to Dayton Municipal Court records. The charges were filed about 1:13 p.m. on Friday.
Also Friday, charges in connection with the Gibson slaying were also filed against a man already charged with shooting at a May 11 funeral service.
Theron Lewis, 23, was charged Friday, May 29, with two counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, discharging a firearm near a prohibited place, carrying a concealed weapon, being a felon in possession of a weapon and inducing panic.
“It’s been a good day for the good guys,” said Dayton Sgt. Gary White.
After Lewis was arrested in the May 11 incident, witnesses began contacting Gibson’s family, telling them that Lewis was Isaac’s shooter, White said.
“The Gibson family was able to convince those callers to contact us and they did,” White said.
Gibson, 21, was shot in the 1800 block of West Riverview Avenue while attending a memorial cookout for Thomas “Tom Tom” Watson, 25, a friend and relative. Thomas Watson was shot in the face April 17 while playing on a basketball court at College Hill Park.
White said that Keith Watson, a cousin of Thomas Watson, and Lewis were also at the cookout and started challenging people. Some fights broke out, and the two pulled out guns and pointed them at people, White said.
Keith Watson fired toward people but missed. Lewis shot Gibson, killing him, White said.
Lewis has been in the Montgomery County Jail since his May 12 arrest in connection with an attempting shooting a day earlier at a funeral for Raymond “Byrd” McDaniel. Police said Lewis’ gun jammed after he started firing on the crowd as it left St. Paul Global Outreach Ministries, 2050 Germantown St. No one was injured.
McDaniel, 28, was shot in a gang-related robbery outside the Western Manor Apartments on May 4.
Kyle Nagel contributed to this story.
Man accused of shooting at one memorial service now charged with slaying at another
DAYTON — A man already charged with shooting at a May 11 funeral service has now been charged with shooting and killing a man at a April 25 vigil for another homicide victim.
Theron Lewis, 23, was charged Friday, May 29, with two counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, discharging a firearm near a prohibited place, carrying a concealed weapon, being a felon in possession of a weapon and inducing panic.
The new charges, filed in Dayton Municipal Court, involve the April 25 slaying of Isaac Gibson, 21, who was shot in the 1800 block of West Riverview Avenue. Gibson was attending a memorial cookout for Thomas “Tom Tom” Watson, 25, a friend and relative who was shot in the face April 17 while playing on a basketball court at College Hill Park.
Lewis has been in the Montgomery County Jail since his May 12 arrest in connection with an attempting shooting a day earlier at a funeral for Raymond “Byrd” McDaniel. Police said Lewis’ gun jammed after he started firing on the crowd as it left St. Paul Global Outreach Ministries, 2050 Germantown St.
McDaniel, 28, was shot in a gang-related robbery outside the Western Manor Apartments on May 4.
Ex-convict facing new child abuse charges
DAYTON — A man who served 16 months in prison for shaking and injuring his infant son was indicted Wednesday, May 27, on two counts of child endangering.
Huber Heights police arrested Jeremiah Gaddis, 25, at his home at 8311 Mt Carmel Street on Wednesday morning. Gaddis remained in the Montgomery County Jail on Friday.
Information about the latest charges, returned by a Montgomery County grand jury, were not available Friday morning. Gaddis was paroled Oct. 15, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
That conviction, in Butler County Common Pleas Court, was for attempted child endangering. Gaddis, who then lived in Fairfield, was accused of shaking and injuring his infant son while at the child’s mother’s Middletown home.
Ethan Gaddis was 5 months old in October 2006 when an ambulance brought him to Middletown Regional Hospital’s emergency room. The boy was suffering from a head injury.
Gaddis told police he was watching the boy at the mother’s residence when the boy fell off the couch. The mother was not home at the time, police said.
After the baby was transported to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, investigators learned that the boy’s injuries and Gaddis’ story didn’t match up. Doctors said the baby was suffering from bleeding on the brain, and that the injury could not have been caused by a fall from the couch, police said.
