DAYTON — Multiple 911 callers reported hearing gunshots in a Dayton neighborhood late Monday night.
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News Center 7 previously reported that Dayton police found one person dead between two houses while investigating reports of multiple gunshots in the area of E 2nd Street and N Philadelphia Street around 8:40 p.m. Monday.
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Multiple 911 callers reported hearing anywhere from a dozen to upwards of 20 or 30 shots in the areas surrounding E 2nd Street and N Philadelphia Street.
“We just heard multiple, multiple, multiple gunshots,” one caller told dispatchers. “Half a dozen to a dozen, like two people were shooting back and forth.”
“Someone just came by and just lit up a whole bunch of gunshots. At least 20 to 30, and they are still going off,” another caller said.
One caller told dispatchers she had seen two people running down the street and in between houses after hearing gunshots near her home.
Homicide detectives are working to figure out what happened, according to a previous News Center 7 report.
News Center 7 is working to learn more and will continue to follow this story.
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