“Pop-up” parties turning violent prompts extra concerns from neighbors, patrols from Dayton police

DAYTON — A 16-year-old is dead after being shot by Dayton officers patrolling for “pop-up” parties which have been at the center of some of the recent violent acts in the city.

Police Chief Kamran Afzal said these parties are taking place on vacant lots or in front of vacant homes.

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Days before Saturday’s police shooting on Negley Place, there was a mass shooting took place where a “pop-up” party was happening on Home Avenue. There, a 22-year-old woman died.

A woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said she lives right across the street from where the mass shooting on Home Avenue happened. She said she heard the gunfire and even saw the muzzle flashes.

“I’ve been over here 42 years. I had never seen nothing like it,” she said.

It’s something that is concerning to police and neighbors.

As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, we asked Afzal what Dayton police are doing to address the problem of the parties.

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“So obviously, we’re watching very closely as the who these individuals are, who are trying to organize these things, trying to bring staff in here,” Afzal said.

Police had gotten information that some other “pop-up” parties might be happening Saturday night, so they had a proactive patrol. Two officers assigned to that job approached 16-year-old Brian Moody standing in a group in the street on Negley Place.

That’s when officers said Moody ran, then pointed a handgun that had been illegally modified to be fully automatic at them before police shot him.

Officers and an off-duty nurse rendered aid to the teen before he was taken to a local hospital where he later died.

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The two officers involved were not identified by name. Both have had 6 years of experience with Dayton Police. Both have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is conducting the investigation and the Dayton Police Profession Standards Bureau will do an internal review of the officer’s actions compared to policy.

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