Homicide suspect fires shots at officers before being arrested in Fairborn

FAIRBORN — One person is in custody after firing shots at officers in Fairborn Wednesday afternoon.

Crime scene tape and flashing lights surrounded apartment complexes in the 400 block of West Funderburg Road.

Just before 5 p.m., Fairborn police found out from Columbus police that Breyon Bryant, a homicide suspect, was on that block.

“He was outside in the parking lot from the residence nearby and when they confronted him, the Faiborn officers confronted him, he opened fire on the officers,” Sgt. Nathan Penrod with Fairborn police said.

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Penrod said that a Fairborn sergeant then returned fire.

That’s what some of the neighbors heard.

“The dog let me know something was happening. We heard him. We heard gunshots, I’m guessing somewhere between 8:00 and 9:00,” Helen Anderson said.

Police said Bryant eventually surrendered and no one was hurt.

Fairborn investigators said its department will look into criminal investigation including the sergeant’s action.

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Wednesday night the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations was on scene collecting evidence.

“Whenever there’s a warrant arrest, we would like for it to end peacefully in every situation that we encounter. This is the last thing we want to have happen,” Penrod said.

“We love it here but there is more and more stuff getting closer and closer to home. That is a little scary, but I guess that’s happening everywhere,” Anderson said.

The sergeant who fired the shot is on administrative leave per the department’s protocol.

Bryant is currently in custody at the Greene County Jail on a preliminary charge of felonious assault.

We will continue to follow this story.

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