Shooting suspects chased by police

The incident began when three shots were fired at a vehicle in a parking lot behind the Webster Station bar at 300 E. 3rd St.

The vehicle that was fired at was occupied, but no one was injured by the two shots that hit that car.

The shooter then fled in a red Chevy van down West 3rd Street, where the van was spotted by a Dayton police officer. The officer was told the van was a suspect vehicle in the shooting and the officer attempted to stop the van.

When the vehicle did not stop for the officer a chase ensued. The van sped off for more than a mile before it stopped in the 200 block of Yale Avenue and the occupants of the vehicle jumped out and fled on foot.

All three occupants of the vehicle were apprehended in the area by police. One of the occupants was let go by police because he was determined to solely be a passenger in the vehicle, but Barnes and Regulus were taken into police custody for questioning about the shooting.

Barnes and Regulus are now both booked into the Montgomery County Jail facing charges of felonious assault and obstructing official business. Barnes faces an additional charge of failure to comply.

Police are now working to determine which of the suspects in custody is the shooter.

Webster Station bar has been plagued by violent incidents in the past, including previous shootings in the parking lot. The City of Dayton was planning an objection to the business' liquor license but dropped it in September when Dayton Metro Library bought the building as part of a renovation project.

Construction the library project is expected to begin in the spring and the bar will be used as a construction office. It is unclear when the bar's last day open will be, but Tim Kambitsch, executive director of Dayton Metro Library, said the building will no longer be a bar after the project.

"Our first interest in the property was about creating a family friendly environment," Kambitsch told the Dayton Daily News in September. "Our intent is to demolish the bar once construction on the Main Library is complete.