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Higgins Station shooter faces life in prison
DAYTON - The gunman who killed a man inside Higgins Station bar was indicted by a grand jury Monday, Dec. 29, on 18 felony counts, including murder and 12 counts of felonious assault.
Rodney T. Young, 29, faces life in prison, plus another 130 years if convicted for what police called the deliberate murder of David Watson, 21, Montgomery County Prosecutor Mathias Heck Jr. said.
Rodney T. Young, 29Young also shot and wounded five others inside the bar, but those victims survived.
Trotwood detectives believe Young targeted Watson when he walked into the bar on 420 E. Main St. on Dec. 12 and started firing. Young had earlier been thrown out of the bar, according to police.
Young, 18 Oakley Place, was arrested days later when U.S. marshals and local authorities kicked in the door of a Fort Mitchell, Ky., motel.
He also faces felony charges that include two counts of having weapons while under disability, one count of carrying a concealed weapon, illegal possession of a firearm and intimidation of a witness.
Young also violated his parole stemming from a 1998 bank robbery. Authorities said Young was placed on supervised parole in September after serving part of a 12- to 14-year federal sentence for the armed bank robbery.
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