Body cam shows chaos that followed after crash during large funeral procession

DAYTON — New video is clearing up the confusion surrounding a Dayton funeral procession that ended in chaos.

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Earlier this month, Dayton police responded to the area of Germantown Street and Mount Clair Avenue on reports of a crash.

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Newly obtained body camera video shows an officer plunge through a huge crowd of stopped vehicles and distressed people on Germantown Street. A funeral procession on behalf of a person connected to a motorcycle club was halted because of a traumatic injury.

As shown on News Center 7 at 5:30, as the officer moved up, they discovered the fire department crews working on a critically injured biker, later identified as Devon Almond.

“Give them room guys, give them room please,” the officer said.

Police had also gotten reports that shots had been reportedly fired, but they later stated in a police report that one person fired a gun in the air to disperse the crowd.

The report also stated that paramedics originally told officers they believed Almond had been shot, though he hadn’t, before taking him to the hospital. That’s when police began trying to clear everyone away from the scene to preserve potential evidence.

“We got a crime scene here (that) we’ve got to try to preserve,” the officer said. “Hey, hey, hey, no, leave his bike!”

Another man, later identified as 33-year-old Adam Orndorff, refused to cooperate and moved Almond’s bike out of the street. An officer arrested him for disorderly conduct at the scene of an emergency.

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