DAYTON — UPDATE @ 11:20 P.M.
A person was shot outside a block party in a Dayton neighborhood on Saturday night.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11:00, officers and medics responded to the intersection of Rosedale and Princeton Avenues around 7:50 p.m.
The scene was blocked off with yellow caution tape.
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News Center 7’s Malik Patterson said that over a dozen Dayton officers responded to the shooting.
A Dayton Police lieutenant told Patterson that a block party was going on at the time of the shooting.
The incident happened just a few hundred feet away.
Medics transported a person to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The lieutenant said that a male was shot in the leg, and officers also found bullet holes in a car and a house.
In a 911 call obtained by News Center 7, the caller pleaded for help.
“What’s the location of your emergency?” the dispatcher asked.
“Can you all hurry up to Princeton? They are shooting,” the caller said.
“Okay, where are you?” the dispatcher said.
“I’m on Princeton. Just hurry up, please.”
Patterson said that Dayton Police took statements from witnesses and would check with the shooting victim.
News Center 7 has contacted the Dayton Police Department and asked what led to the shooting.
We will continue to follow this story.
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