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Man charged with murder in Harrison Twp. shooting
DAYTON - Criminal charges against a man accused of murdering Rufus Childers were approved by the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office Thursday, Nov. 20, according to a news release.
A panel of three prosecutors approved murder and felony drug-trafficking charges against Jesse McIntyre, 27, who authorities said shot Childers, 33, three times in a friend’s home at 4266 Cardinal Ave. Tuesday, Nov. 18.
Jesse McIntyre
Steven Meadows
Melody GrahamMcIntyre also faces numerous other felony charges including: one count of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of felonious assault, five felony counts of aggravated drug possession and having weapons while under disability.
Steven Meadows, 44, Melody Graham, 32, and the home’s owner, Charles Lunsford have also been formally charged with felony drug-trafficking charges Prosecutor Mathias Heck said in a statement released Thursday.
It was Meadows, Graham and McIntyre who showed up at the house in a van at about 12:30 p.m. looking to sell prescription drugs authorities believe McIntyre recently stole from a pharmacy in Clinton County.
Childers refused to buy the pills and that’s when McIntyre started shooting, Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer said. Childers was shot three times, twice in the chest and once in the head, Plummer said.
McIntyre and Graham were arrested hours after the shooting after pulling into a Super 8 motel on Dryden Road. Meadows was arrested while driving the van in Riverside.
Graham also faces five counts of aggravated drug possession and three counts of drug possession.
Lunsford, who has prior drug-related convictions, knows Meadows and help set up the deal, authorities said.
Meadows, Graham and McIntyre are still in jail. Lunsford has yet to booked in as of 5 p.m., according to jail records.
