Family members said Holland was with several friends and on his way to a meeting with his parole officer the nearby government offices when a light-colored SUV pulled up and someone started shooting.
Dayton police said the SUV fled south on Gettysburg.
On Thursday, police said they believe they’ve located that vehicle and were talking with the owner. They said they had not identified any suspects in the shooting.
Holland was walking on the west side of the street and was found dead near the driveway to the government campus, which houses Montgomery County Probation offices, an Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction district office, the MonDay Community Correctional Institution and the Dayton Correctional Institute.
Several Adult Parole Authority employees came out and tried to help him, according to police.
Holland was on parole after being released from prison in February. He was sentenced to serve six years in prison for an aggravated robbery conviction in 2006. After being released early in 2011 he violated his parole and was incarcerated again until February of this year. He was required be on parole for five years according to ODRC records.
Neighbors who live along the east side of the 1900 block of Gettysburg said they heard numerous shots and saw several individuals on foot in the area when they looked outside. Some of those people may have been with Holland and all were questioned by police at the scene.
Vogalinde Parker said she saw a man sneaking though her front yard and called police, then heard the approaching sirens.
Parker has lived on the street for 50 years and said crime has increased in the area in recent years.
“It’s always something,” she said. “I’m surprised it took this long for something like this to happen.”
Police asked that anyone who was in the area just before 3 p.m. and may have seen something contact the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center.
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