Coroner IDs 14-year-old boy killed in Dayton shooting

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A 14-year-old boy who died following a shooting early Tuesday morning in Dayton has been identified.

Lizaiah LaMeir Burdette was pronounced dead at Miami Valley Hospital, according to Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger.

Around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, Dayton police responded to a report of a person shot near Linden and Davis avenues.

Officers found an injured male, later identified as Burdette, and began first aid, said Dayton police.

He was taken to the hospital but died from his injuries.

Burdette’s death is being investigated as a homicide.

Burdette is at least the third teen killed in Dayton this month and second this week.

Adrien Totty, 17, died following a shooting Saturday in the 4600 block of Midway Avenue.

He died while being transported to the hospital, Dayton police said.

Two women, a 21-year-old and a 22-year-old, were also injured and had non-life-threatening injuries.

On April 4, an 18-year-old Paul Laurence Dunbar High School senior died after he was shot near 27 S. Jefferson St. in downtown Dayton.

Alfred Hale was taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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