Reported stray bullet sends one to hospital in Dayton

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Police are investigating after a reported shooting in Dayton Wednesday afternoon.

According to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center records, the shooting was reported at 4:51 p.m. at the Stop N’ Shop at 2454 N. Gettysburg Ave.

“A victim was transported to an area hospital by private conveyance with a non-life threatening injury that appears to be consistent with a gunshot wound,” said Dayton police Sgt. Andrew Zecchini.

Records said that a man called 911 to say that he had been shot and was being driven to the hospital.

Another caller told dispatchers that the shots were fired outside the store and a bullet flew into the store and hit an employee in the neck.

A private vehicle took the victim to Kettering Health Dayton, records said.

The Violent Offender Unit is investigating the shooting. Anyone with information should call Dayton police detectives at 937-333-1232.

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