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Fourth homicide victim this week had recent run-in with police
DAYTON - The 32-year-old man shot and killed in his apartment late Thursday, Aug. 20, has been identified by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office as Benjamin Gulley.
Gulley was inside Apartment 11 of the Wilmington-Bellaire complex, 929 Wilmington Ave., where witnesses said at least three men fled and jumped into a green Cadillac about 11:30 p.m.
Officers arrived about five minutes later to find Gulley on the floor dead from a gunshot wound, Lt. John Bardun said.
Gulley is the city’s fourth homicide victim in six days of gun violence that has left two other men hospitalized. You can check on those homicides by clicking here.
Since last Saturday, Dayton officers have responded to at least nine shootings, five of which are being investigated by homicide detectives. No arrests have been made in any of those shootings.
Gulley’s death comes eight months after he was arrested by police for possession of heroin, a story featured here in the DAC blog.
In that instance, Gulley was walking from an apartment at 32 Utah Court and was stopped by police investigating reports of drug activity at the apartment, according to a police report.
Gulley resisted when officers tried to arrest him and had to be pepper sprayed after he tried to punch and flee from officers, the report stated. He was convicted of heroin possession in March and received five years community control, court records show.
Witnesses said the complex where Gulley was killed has been a peaceful area for many years, but in the last two months have seen a lot of foot traffic in the apartment where Gulley lived.
Bardun said Gulley was not the renter of the apartment but coroner’s officials said that was his last known address.
Anyone with information about Gulley’s death is urged to call 333-COPS.
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