Man shot, killed in parked car in Dayton ID’d

UPDATE @ 8:25 a.m. (Oct. 24):

The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as Calvin C. Tribble, 21, of Dayton.

Tribble was shot and killed Tuesday night while sitting in a parked car on Wentworth Avenue in Dayton.

Police pursued a suspect but he was not caught. A car, a red Dodge Charger with black stripes on the side, was discovered abandoned a short time later.

Tribble, was one of several men who served time in prison for a string of pharmacy robberies across the Miami Valley in 2017.

Initial report:

A man died Tuesday night after being shot at least once inside a car on Wentworth Avenue.

Dayton police Sgt. Jeffrey Spires said two other people were in the car, a blue Cadillac, at the time of the shooting. Those witnesses were being interviewed Tuesday night by detectives, he said.

The shooting was reported just before 9 p.m. on Wentworth Avenue near Gettysburg Avenue in Dayton.

Credit: JIM NOELKER / STAFF

Credit: JIM NOELKER / STAFF

The victim’s name and age has not been released.

The shooter was reported to be driving a red Dodge Charger with black stripes on the side, according to the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center.

Police pursued that vehicle in Dayton and into Moraine but were not able to stop the driver.

Police later found the car abandoned on Kenwood Avenue in Dayton, about three miles from the shooting scene.

Witnesses there told police they saw the driver flee from the car.

Spires said detectives have not confirmed the Charger was connected to the shooting, which remains under investigation.

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