Afzal said the initial investigation indicated that at about 9:28 p.m. Tuesday night two officers stopped an individual on a bicycle at East Second and St. Clair streets.
Afzal said a foot pursuit followed, and an officer caught up with the fleeing individual at East Third and St. Clair streets, where there was some kind of encounter. He said at that point one of the officers discharged his firearm and shot the person.
Afzal said police rendered aid, and the individual was taken to the hospital where he or she was pronounced dead. Afzal did not specify the gender of the person who was shot.
Afzal said police found a handgun at the scene. Afzal said he will know more after he reviews the body cam footage. No officers were injured.
Afzal said he believes one officer fired one shot, based on the initial evidence.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office will investigate the fatal shooting. Standard practice is to bring an outside law enforcement agency in to investigate officer-involved shootings.
“Once that investigation is done, then we’ll start our administrative investigation,” Afzal said.
“I will preface this by saying this is what we know right now,” he said, adding that more information will likely be shared with the media and the public during an upcoming briefing.
Meanwhile, the Dayton Police & Fire Facebook page posted this at 12:20 a.m. Wednesday morning:
“On March 24, 2026, around 9:28 p.m., an officer stopped an individual on a bicycle at Second St. and St. Clair St. After an initial conversation, the suspect ran from the officer. The officer followed and caught up with this individual near Third St. and St. Clair St. The male suspect pulled out a handgun, and there was a struggle over the handgun. During the struggle over the handgun, an officer discharged their firearm, striking the individual. Officers then quickly began to render aid to the suspect.
The suspect was transported to an area hospital by medic, where he succumbed to his injuries. The officers have no reported injuries. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a criminal investigation and present the facts of the investigation to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office. At the conclusion of the criminal investigation, an administrative investigation will be conducted by the Dayton Police Department’s Professional Standards Bureau.
More information will be released on March 25, along with body camera footage from the incident."
We are working to learn more and will update this story with any new information.
