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By Doug Page, Staff Writer Updated 1:01 PM Monday, January 23, 2012

DAYTON — An 18-year-old shot and killed during an apparent break-in had a history of thefts and burglary starting when she was 15, according to police records.

Rovena Turner of Dayton was shot Saturday afternoon after she threw an object at a man inside the house in the 1900 block of Burbank Drive.

Sgt. Dan Mauch, head of the homicide unit, said Turner also may have been involved in an earlier break-in a block away from the shooting scene.

Mauch declined to say what Turner threw at the man living in the house. “She was using it as a weapon when she threw it at him,” he said. Mauch said the man shot Turner once with a handgun.

The sergeant said Turner was shot once and declared dead at Miami Valley Hospital.

The man has not been charged. “We will be meeting with prosecutors this week,” Mauch said. “It’s up to them whether the force used was commiserate with the situation.”

According to police records, Turner was first arrested in 2009 for stealing $15 from a neighbor. Later the same year, she was accused of stealing money and a cell phone from a wheelchair-bound resident of a nursing home. One year later, she was again arrested for stealing $35 from a cousin. According to that police report, she told the relative she stole the money, “Simply because I can.”

All arrests were by summons, and the cases handled in Juvenile Court.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2290 or dpage@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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