Dayton man killed in Moraine police shooting died of multiple wounds

A Dayton man killed in a shooting involving two Moraine police officers in October died of several gunshot wounds, according to the coroner’s office final report.

The cause and manner of Jamarco McShann’s Oct. 20 death was “multiple shotgun and gunshot wounds,” the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office said this morning. He could not specify how many wounds McShann sustained or where they were located.

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The case involving the 23-year-old’s death closed Jan. 9 and has been ruled a homicide, said Mike Fox, an administrative assistant in the coroner’s office.

A homicide is defined as the killing of a human being and is not necessarily a crime.

Fox said the office could not release the final report — including results of the toxicology report — on McShann because the case remains under criminal investigation.

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The day of the shooting, the Moraine Police Division placed on the officers involved in the shooting - John Howard and Jerry Knight – on paid administrative leave, as standard protocol. It also asked the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation oversee the case, and that investigation continues.

Howard and Knight returned to administrative duty Nov. 20 and were re-activated to “full duty” in early December, according to Moraine Police Chief Craig Richardson.

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