DAYTON — A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Dayton on Saturday morning, Dayton police confirmed.
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News Center 7′s Malik Patterson spent hours at the scene and spoke with police. He’ll have the latest tonight on News Center 7 at 11.
Officers were called out to the 1200 block of Rosedale Drive, near Princeton Park, on reports of a mental health call around 8:36 a.m. on Saturday morning.
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A 911 call indicated that the subject of the call had threatened to harm others.
After police arrived on the scene, the subject of the call returned to the address armed, causing responding officers to issue a countywide call for officer assistance and officers from other agencies came to the scene.
News Center 7 reported see officers from Dayton Police, Kettering Police, and Moraine Police, as well as Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies at the scene.
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Officers spent at least 25 minutes trying to de-escalate the situation until the man allegedly “brandished his weapon” at officers, causing officers to fire shots at him, hitting him, according to Maj. Paul Saunders.
Saunders confirmed Dayton officers and a Moraine officer were involved in the shooting.
The man was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) was requested to handle the criminal investigation related to the shooting.
An independent administrative investigation will be conducted by the Professional Standard Bureau.
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