A third victim, 20-year-old Dashawn L. Robinson, was in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital Friday, according to Dayton police Lt. Wendy Stiver. Information about Robinson was not being released by MVH late Friday afternoon.
“There’s a strong likelihood that the suspect is known to the victims and the victims were selected and targeted for a specific reason,” said Stiver, who did not identify any suspects. “There’s a possibility this could have been some kind of robbery.”
Stiver said drugs and money were found inside the duplex, where she said the two deceased people had lived. On Friday afternoon, a pink-and-gray teddy bear and flowers had been attached to the duplex’s column.
“There’s no concern or (specific) threat to the general public,” Stiver said. “(But) any time that there’s any violence, particularly by firearms in our community, it’s a threat to the community.”
A 911 caller for the Brooklyn Avenue incident told a dispatcher: “They just was shooting over there like crazy, I mean, real close like they was in a shootout.”
Crane had an active drug possession case against him in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. He was indicted in 2014 along with Jaelan Morales on charges of possession of marijuana, heroin and cocaine and for having weapons under disability for a prior drug conviction.
The court entered a plea of not guilty for Crane in April 2014 and a warrant for his arrest for bond violation was issued in June 2014. The warrant was canceled in October 2014 and his bond was set at $25,000. Crane had misdemeanor cases in Dayton Municipal Court for charges including marijuana possession, criminal trespassing, falsification and traffic offenses.
Goodall had no felony cases, but did have multiple traffic offenses and one disorderly conduct conviction in municipal court. Robinson was indicted in August 2013 on possession of cocaine. In 2014, Robinson was granted intervention in lieu of conviction.
Police are investigating whether or not a shooting into a house at 2030 Catalpa Drive or a shooting at 2224 Salem Ave. are connected to this incident. Stiver said there was a lot of evidence recovered at both the Brooklyn and Catalpa sites. Dayton police recovered a .40-caliber gun from Catalpa.
“The only way we can absolutely connect these incidents is through the evidence and that will have to be analyzed,” Stiver said. “If anybody has any information, we would like them to call.”
The two fatalities are the second and third of 2015 in Dayton and the third violent injury incident event, according to Stiver. On Jan. 20, an unborn baby died when its mother was kicked by a man who has been charged with murder and reckless homicide. A 67-year-old woman shot in the head at her home on Earlham Drive on Jan. 6 is still alive, Stiver said.
Thursday’s double homicide comes three months another homicide on the same street. Travis Foley, 26, died of a gunshot wound Oct. 31, 2014 at 208 Brooklyn Ave
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