TROTWOOD — The trial date for a man accused of hitting his daughter with his truck before leading police on a chase that ended in a crash and shootout has been moved.
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The trial for James Skirvin, 54, has been moved to April 2025, according to Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas records.
This came after his lawyers learned about new evidence from the prosecutor’s office.
As previously reported by News Center 7, Skirvin was indicted back in March on six counts of felonious assault on a police officer and one count each of discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises, failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, vehicular assault, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, and aggravated possession of drugs.
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The charges stem from the events of January 8. On that day, Trotwood police and medics were dispatched to Voyager Village mobile home park on a report of a person who had been hit by a vehicle.
Upon arrival, first responders found a 35-year-old woman who had been sitting on a bench near the park office when Skirvin hit her with his pickup truck. As previously reported, it was revealed the woman was his daughter.
Further investigation determined Skirvin and the woman had been in an argument and she had walked away. Skirvin got into his truck and drove towards her, hitting both her and destroying the park bench.
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As officers were investigating, Skirvin allegedly drove through the park, pointing a firearm at the officers and others. He then left the park and a police chase began.
The chase made it onto US 35 and ended at the intersection of Liscum Drive when Skirvin crashed his truck head-on into a Trotwood Police Officer’s Michael Richardson cruiser. The truck ended up on top of his cruiser, which Richardson was inside at the time of the crash.
Richardson was critically injured in the crash.
If convicted, Skirvin faces decades in prison.
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