Police tell us a Riverside officer spotted a black Monte Carlo on Golden Meadows Court and remembered that investigators in Dayton were looking for a vehicle of that description.
Dayton police responded to the scene and seized the vehicle.
Two people were being detained in the back of a cruiser at the scene.
It’s unclear what their involvement is, if any, with the shooting.
Update@6:48 p.m.:
A man shot at a vigil for a homicide victim may not have been the intended target, police say.
Clinton Cutrary, 32, of Dayton, remained in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital Monday night after he was shot in the stomach during a vigil at Gettysburg Plaza in Dayton on Sunday. Cutrary is a family member of 25-year-old Roderick Blackburn, who was shot to death Friday while sitting in his car in the Napoleon’s Place parking lot on Germantown Pike in Jefferson Twp. The Montgomery County sheriff’s office is investigating Blackburn’s death — he was previously shot and left for dead in an alley in 2008, according to court documents.
About two dozen people were gathered at the plaza to mourn Blackburn and launch balloons when a black car drove by the mourners and opened fire. Dayton police said people inside two other vehicles, which were not part of the vigil, returned fire. It’s not clear if Cutrary was the intended target.
Detectives said a shooting into a home on Carmen Avenue in Trotwood may also be connected to this weekend’s violence, but police are still working to connect the dots. No one was injured in the Trotwood shooting
Saretta Goodwin lives near Gettysburg Plaza and said she is concerned about the ongoing gun violence.
“It’s just crazy. You’re paying respects to somebody who got killed and you wind up getting shot yourself,” Goodwin said. “There are too many killings going on and it’s unnecessary.”
While homicides are down in Dayton compared to the same period last year, overall violent crime is up, according to Dayton police. So far this year, 49 people have been injured due to a firearm, compared to 40 during the same time frame in 2014. In total, 13 of Dayton’s 16 homicides in 2014 were the result of the victim being shot. This year, there have been eight homicides, six of which were the result of someone being shot, according to police.
Update@11:45 a.m.:
The victim has been identified as Clinton M. Cutrary, 32 of Dayton.
First take (June 7):
Dayton police say a man is fighting for his life after being shot multiple times at a vigil for Friday night’s homicide victim.
The shooting occurred around 6 p.m. in the shopping center parking lot in the 2100 block of North Gettysburg Avenue.
A crowd gathered at the location around 4 p.m. to hold a vigil for Roderick Blackburn, 25, who was shot and killed in an unsolved homicide on Germantown Pike.
Police say the incident started as a drive-by shooting when a vehicle drove by the vigil and opened fire, hitting a man three times with gunshots, according to Sgt. Randy Beane of the Dayton Police Department.
Two people attending the vigil returned fire, but police are still unsure about the number of shooters.
The vehicle that first opened fire fled the Gettysburg Road scene is described by police as a dark colored vehicle.
Police say the victim was taken by people at the vigil to Good Samaritan Hospital and his condition is believed to be life-threatening.
Three people who drove the victim to the hospital attempted to drive away when police arrived. Officers detained the three, and used a Taser on one of them.
Dayton police Sgt. John Riegel says all three have been taken in for questioning, but only one has been arrested and will be charged resisting arrest and obstruction.
Police say they believe that at least 50 people were at the vigil and so far have recovered over 20 shell casings.
Homicide detectives have been notified and will continue the investigation.