‘They both were shooting at each other!’ 911 call reveals when bullets hit Dayton home
A 911 call details the chaotic moment when gunshots rang out just feet from a Dayton home.
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As previously reported News Center 7Dayton police responded shortly after 7 p.m. to a report of shots fired in the 200 block of E. Beechwood Avenue.
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News Center 7 obtained a 911 call through a public records request.
The woman who called 911 said her children were ready to go to bed when people started shooting outside.
“A blue truck and a Chevrolet Malibu shot at each other,” Michele Smith told dispatchers.
“Madam, do you know if anyone was hit?” » asked the dispatcher.
“I don’t know, but my kids are in the house,” Smith replied.
She told our news team that her children are nine and ten years old.
“They’re scared, we’re scared,” Smith said.
They were inside when Smith said he heard what sounded like loud applause.
“And then I opened the door, and then another bullet hit right next to my front door, where I was standing. And that’s when I knew, I told them I said, ‘Hit the ground, hit the ground!'” Smith said.
She told dispatchers that several people were in the vehicles.
“The guy who jumped in the Malibu tried to say, ‘They killed him,’ but the guy was already in the trunk and they were shooting,” Smith said. “They all had guns. My kids and I were in the living room, and it looked like it had hit our house.”
A Montgomery County regional dispatch supervisor told News Center 7 that call notes indicated no one was injured.
We have reached out to the Dayton Police Department to find out what led to the incident and if anyone is in custody.
News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.
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