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A sheriff’s office spokeswoman declined to give specifics when asked by the Dayton Daily News, and she cited an ongoing investigation. The sheriff’s office’s Special Investigations Unit is conducting a criminal investigation of the incident, and the department’s Inspectional Services Unit is handling the internal investigation.
The Dayton Daily News has requested public records, including any cruiser camera and body camera footage of the incident, but didn’t immediately receive it Monday.
The sheriff’s office did issue a press release that said the incident began when a caller told sheriff’s office dispatchers that a man had been speaking incoherently for more than an hour and was acting like he was under the influence of drugs. The caller also said the man suddenly took off running without shoes.
Five Rivers MetroPark rangers were dispatched at 8:28 p.m. to the park on Frytown Road, but it was a sheriff’s deputy who was already in the area who arrived at the scene first.
The deputy found the man and requested a medic because the man was drinking gasoline, according to the sheriff’s office. Additional deputies and rangers also were dispatched to help.
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Before the additional first responders were able to arrive, the deputy reported the officer-involved shooting.
The man was taken to a local hospital and is being treated for a single gunshot wound.
The deputy was treated and released from the hospital for a medical condition that resulted from the incident, according to the sheriff’s office. The deputy is on paid administrative leave, which is standard protocol following an officer-involved shooting.