The call came in at 10:41 p.m. after a city bus driver discovered the boy dead in front of the senior living community. Police identified the victim as Mister Dewayne Martin-Sydnor.
James Heflin Jr., 67, was arrested Sunday in connection with the stabbing and was in Montgomery County Jail.
The stabbing occurred during an altercation between Heflin, Martin-Sydnor and two other juveniles, according to Dayton Sgt. Dan Mauch, head of the homicide unit. Mauch said both the victim and his alleged attacker were known to police. Friends of the victim told the Dayton Daily News the three young men went to the senior citizens complex to visit a relative and borrow a cell phone. Mauch said he could not confirm that.
Just five minutes after getting the stabbing call, police were dispatched to a shooting near the intersection of Kammer and Elmhurst avenues. There they found the victim, shot three times in the back.
“He is a fortunate man,” Mauch said.
Rushed to Miami Valley Hospital for surgery, he was in fair condition Monday, according to the hospital. Mauch said three men held up the 34-year-old victim at gunpoint. Knocked to the ground, his assailants emptied the man’s pockets.
“They didn’t get much,” the sergeant said.
After robbing the victim, one of the assailants fired three rounds into the victim as he lay face-down on the ground.
Mauch said police are pursuing several leads.
Doug Page contributed to this report
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2157 or mkatz@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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