Overview
- - Officers responded around 9:30 p.m. Friday to the 3000 block of Nicholas Road, where a parked vehicle with a 27-year-old father and his 5-year-old daughter was struck by multiple rounds.
- - The child, who was in a car seat, died at the hospital, and the father’s injury was treated as non-life-threatening.
- - Detectives towed the vehicle and are analyzing shell casings and impact points as part of an active homicide investigation.
- - No suspect information has been released, and authorities are urging tips to DPD at 937-333-1232 or to Crime Stoppers at 937-222-STOP (7867) or miamivalleycrimestoppers.com.
- - This is the Highview Hills neighborhood’s second deadly shooting involving a minor in a month, and investigators are evaluating possible ties to a Sept. 14 killing of a 17-year-old.