Sheldon said upon arrival, officers located a 34-year-old man with a non-life threatening gunshot wound. The victim was transported to an area hospital.
Sheldon said crews were able to identify and locate a suspect’s vehicle on I-75 near Middletown.
A 37-year-old suspect was arrested and transported to Montgomery County jail.
Sheldon said another person in the vehicle, a 33-year-old male, had a handgun and 18 grams of suspected fentanyl. He was arrested and transported to Montgomery County jail as well.
The driver of the vehicle was released.
“My uncle was shot, my uncle was shot,” a 911 caller said to a dispatcher in a 911 call on Saturday.
The caller had told the dispatcher she wasn’t sure if the man was breathing.
Detectives from the Dayton Police Department’s Violent Offender Unit are investigating the incident.
Both attributable to Lt. Eric Sheldon:
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