Man indicted on tampering with evidence, weapons charges in deadly Dayton shooting

Ashton Jamal Jackson

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

Credit: Montgomery County Jail

Ashton Jamal Jackson

A Dayton man was indicted in connection to a deadly shooting earlier this month at his grandmother’s home in Dayton.

Ashton Jamal Jackson, 25, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on tampering with evidence and having weapons while under disability charges, according to a Montgomery County grand jury report.

On Dec. 17, Jackson reportedly shot and killed another man at while at his grandmother’s home in the 900 block of Kammer Avenue.

“The defendant called 911 after he did so and admitted to killing [the victim],” according to Dayton Municipal Court records. “Knowing the police were coming to investigate, the defendant then took the firearm from the scene and placed in at an unknown location.”

While on the phone with 911 dispatchers, Jackson told them that the man approached him with a knife, according to dispatch records.

The victim, who has not been identified, was known to the family.

Jackson was arrested at the house shortly after the shooting and booked on a preliminary murder charge. He has not been formally charged with murder at this time.

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