17-year-old boy killed, 2 women injured in Dayton shooting Saturday

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A 17-year-old boy died following a shooting Saturday evening in Dayton that also injured two women.

Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger identified the teen as Adrien Totty.

Around 7:20 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to a report of a person shot in the 4600 block of Midway Avenue, said Dayton police Sgt. Richard Taylor.

When police arrived they found Totty with a gunshot wound and began medical care. Totty died while he was being transported to the hospital, Taylor said.

Police found two additional victims, a 21-year-old woman and a 22-year-old woman, with non-life-threatening injuries.

Multiple people called 911 to report the shooting.

One caller said there were four males across the street firing guns at each other, according to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch records.

They said they heard more than nine shots and that it sounded like multiple guns were fired.

Another caller said their neighbor had people over when gunfire broke out.

“It went from being loud and going to a party to shooting,” the said.

Dayton police’s Homicide Unit is continuing to investigate the shooting.

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