DAYTON — An investigation spans multiple scenes in Dayton on Thursday evening.
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Police and SWAT were called 1700 block of S. Gettysburg Avenue.
Police Chief Kamran Afzal spoke to the media shortly after 5:00 p.m. and said this all started when a police officer in an unmarked vehicle got behind a suspicious vehicle in the area of Guthrie Road and River Road around 2:22 p.m. That vehicle ended up being stolen.
Afzal said one of the occupants of that vehicle fired shots at the officer, leading to a pursuit involving multiple cruisers.
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The officer shot at was not injured.
During the chase, a Dayton police cruiser hit a pedestrian in the area of Germantown Road and Euclid Avenue.
Afzal said that the person suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect vehicle was located at a home on S. Gettysburg Avenue.
One person who ran from that home was taken into custody. It’s unclear at this time if they had any involvement in the shooting or chase.
Around 6:30 p.m., police left the scene on South Gettysburg Avenue and our crew followed them to a scene on Bish Avenue and West Third Street.
We’ll continue to provide updates as we learn more.
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