DAYTON — Police are still investigating a shooting at a local lounge that sent a man to the hospital.
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The shooting happened at B&B Lounge on Salem Avenue shortly after 3 a.m. on Tuesday.
A 44-year-old man was shot in the stomach and sent to the hospital in life-threatening condition. Police previously told News Center 7 that the man was expected to survive.
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Newly obtained body camera video of Dayton Police’s response to the scene shows officers, who were sent to the lounge to check out possible trouble, running across the street after they heard shots ring out as they pulled up.
As shown on News Center 7 at 5:00, the video shows the chaotic scene with people who had been enjoying a night out exiting the lounge and looking to leave.
They ask people leaving where the shots came from.
“The person that did the shots ran away. They already ran out,” one person told them. “The gun’s already gone.”
The officers try to get a good look at everyone running out, making sure a gunman isn’t trying to blend in.
Dispatchers said they received 911 calls from inside the lounge, but officers were on the scene a full two minutes before they were informed of a critical injury.
The video shows officers pushing their way inside the lounge, where they found the 44-year-old man.
More officers would respond to the scene. The police clearing people away from the victim inside received the simplest explanation for the chaotic scene the officers faced.
“Dude started shooting,” one person said. “Everybody ran.”
We’re working to learn if a suspect has been identified or arrested.
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