DAYTON — The man accused of shooting a Dayton officer in the head last week has been indicted on six felony charges.
Antwyane Lowe, 39, of Dayton was indicted Thursday on two counts of felonious assault on a peace officer and single counts of assault on a police officer, carrying a concealed weapon, having weapon while under disability and possession of cocaine.
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Lowe is accused of shooting Officer Thadeu Holloway in the head while Holloway was investigating a fraud call in West Dayton. Holloway was released from the hospital last Thursday.
Lowe was shot multiple times during the shooting, which happened during a scuffle between Lowe and Holloway on Ingram Street last Tuesday.
Holloway first responded to a fraud complaint at the Dollar General at 888 S. Gettysburg Ave around 6:40 p.m.. after a counterfeit bill was passed at the business and ended up on Ingram Street to follow up on the investigation.
Holloway used his taser on Lowe, which brought Lowe to the ground. Lowe retrieved a handgun and fired one shot, which struck Holloway on the side of his head, hitting his temporal artery, Interim Dayton Police Chief Matt Carper said.
“I’ve been shot on the left side of my head. I can barely hear my earpiece,” Holloway said over his police-issued radio as blood dripped from his face and he called for help.
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Holloway fired five shots at Lowe and hit him in the neck and shoulders.
Carper credited Holloway for his professionalism while he waited for extra officers to come help. Body camera video released Wednesday showed the 8-year veteran officer asking people to stay inside and away from the scene.
“The concern that he showed, not just for his own wellbeing, but for the suspect and those around him,” Carper said.
The gun Lowe used had one more bullet still in the chamber when it was recovered, according to police. Police also recovered suspected drugs and cash from Lowe.
“We got very lucky,” Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said the morning after the shooting. “When I got that text across my phone yesterday evening that is very concerning, but we’re very lucky that it was just a graze.”
“It is just a reminder of what police go through every single day and the people that work for the city of Dayton that put their lives on the line to protect us every single day too,” Whaley said.
Lowe has a criminal history including assault on a police officer, Carper said. He was not legally allowed to have a gun, the chief added.
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