The pickup truck found crashed into a tree on Airway Road in Riverside moments before a man stole a Riverside police cruiser is connected to a stabbing on Xenia Avenue in Dayton, according to records.
[ LATEST: 2 children dead, 10 hurt in crash after stabbing suspect steals Riverside police cruiser ]
Within a span of approximately 22 minutes, the stabbing, Airway Road crash, stolen Riverside cruiser and deadly crash outside of Dayton Metro Library’s Third Street campus were investigated.
[ >> WATCH: Stabbing suspect steals Riverside police vehicle before crashing near Dayton library ]
TIMELINE OF EVENTS (times pulled from dispatch traffic transmissions):
- 7:08 p.m.: Surveillance video from building on Xenia Avenue shows violent struggle in black Chevrolet pickup. A man exits the pickup and the pickup drives off
This browser does not support the video element.
[ RELATED: Man stabbed father before deadly police cruiser theft, friend says ]
- 7:11 p.m.: Dayton police respond to man covered in blood in 100 block of Xenia Avenue.
- 7:13 p.m.: Medic requested to area of Xenia Avenue and McClure Street for stabbing victim.
- 7:14 p.m.: Riverside police receive multiple calls of a crash on Airway Road involving black pickup crashed into tree.
This browser does not support the video element.
- 7:18 p.m.: Riverside police officer reports suspect has taken his cruiser.
This browser does not support the video element.
- 7:19 p.m.: A second Riverside officer tells dispatchers his cruiser was struck by the suspect.
This browser does not support the video element.
- 7:20 p.m.: Dayton police first mention Riverside cruiser being stolen on emergency dispatch traffic.
- 7:21 p.m.: Riverside police lose sight of stolen cruiser while it flees into the city of Dayton.
This browser does not support the video element.
- 7:21 p.m. to 7:22 p.m.: Additional information about stolen police cruiser relayed to Dayton officers over emergency dispatch traffic.
- 7:22 p.m.: Surveillance video from The Barrel House shows a speeding Riverside police cruiser pass the business.
This browser does not support the video element.
- 7:23 p.m.: Dayton police receive report of a "check and advise crash."
- 7:24 p.m.: Multiple medics are requested to crash outside of Dayton Metro Library's Third Street campus.
This browser does not support the video element.
- 7:26 p.m.: Police report securing one person at Third Street crash scene.
- 11:18 p.m.: Dayton police confirm two children were killed in the Third Street crash.