DAYTON, Ohio – On Sept. 3, 2026, at about 11:45 p.m., Dayton Police Department officers investigating a crash at W. Third Street and Gettysburg Avenue saw a Toyota SUV travel at high speed through the blocked intersection, go left of center and strike a street sign.
Officers began a pursuit that lasted less than two minutes and ended with a pursuit termination technique. The driver left the SUV and ran into a fenced backyard with heavy vegetation.
Officers lost sight of him during a foot chase. The man then returned, entered an unattended Dayton police cruiser and drove off after striking another cruiser.
A second pursuit, also lasting less than two minutes, ended when the stolen cruiser drove through a house in the 2300 block of Greenway Street. The driver attacked an officer, tried to take the officer’s firearm and bit the officer. Officers used force to take him into custody as he resisted. Seven officers were injured; six were treated at a hospital and released. Two occupants of the house were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A dog in the home received treatment for minor injuries. The adult male suspect was transported to a hospital.
Dayton Police’s Violent Offender Unit, Traffic Services Unit and Professional Standards Bureau responded. Miami Township Police, Moraine Police and the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office are involved. Charges will be determined by the prosecutor.
Criminal history: After arrest, investigators identified the man as a suspect in a homicide in Miami Township, where a woman was found shot to death Sept. 4 in an apartment in the 7300 block of Cold Water Court at Mad River Apartment Homes; her vehicle was missing. He is also a suspect in an aggravated robbery in Moraine involving the Toyota SUV and in reported assaults and carjacking attempts on I-75 near Dryden Road shortly before the Dayton incidents. Identities of the suspect and homicide victim have not been publicly released.
