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New details and photos released after Dayton police shooting – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio

DAYTON – Dayton police have released new details following a police-involved shooting Saturday night.

We are working to gather more information and will post the latest news on News Center 7 at 6pm and 11am today.

As reported on News Center 7 at 11 a.m. on SaturdayAccording to a statement posted on social media, Dayton Police officers responded to a “problem involving a vacant house/street party in the middle of the street in the 500 block of Negley Place.”

They arrived at the crime scene on Saturday around 8 p.m.

As officers approached, they found that a person allegedly had a weapon.

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Dayton Police Chief Kamran Afzal told News Center 7’s Malik Patterson that a man ran away from officers, then turned around and allegedly pointed a gun at them.

Two officers shot the man, the department said.

They began to provide “medical assistance” to the person. Paramedics took the person to the hospital where he died.

In an update Sunday afternoon, Dayton police provided photos of the seized weapon.

“The weapon the man possessed was a Glock 17 with a loaded 30-round magazine,” police said in a social media post.

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The Dayton chapter of the NAACP released a statement after Saturday’s shooting, saying the person killed was a teenager.

The Dayton NAACP branch is aware and has been on the scene interviewing witnesses to this police-involved shooting that resulted in the death of a teenager in Dayton, Ohio. We will be thoroughly investigating this case in the coming days and requesting body camera footage to see where the evidence leads us in finding out the truth in this case. Our sincere condolences go out to the family of the deceased.

News Center 7 is working to confirm both the age and name of the person killed in Saturday’s shooting.

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The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is in charge of the criminal investigation and the Dayton Police Department’s Professional Standards Bureau will conduct a separate administrative investigation.

Further updates are expected on Monday.

We will continue to follow this story.