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Thomas Rutledge (18) died after being shot in the abdomen
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Published: Jan 09, 2008 @ 2:59 PM
Thomas Rutledge (18)
Date:
Jan 06, 2008
Cause of Death:
Shot
Location:
Trotwood, OH
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Two people were being questioned Monday in the aftermath of a shooting late Sunday that left a Harrison Twp. man dead and two others wounded.
The dead man was Thomas Rutledge, 18, of 3745 Haney Road, the Montgomery County Coroner's office said.
The names of the wounded and the people held for questioning were not released Monday night.
"We're talking to the neighbors and the people involved, and our evidence technicians are combing the scene," Trotwood police Sgt. Joseph McCrary said. "We're trying to piece together what happened here, but for right now we don't know."
The first call to police came shortly after midnight from a house in the 800 block of Mapleside Drive where residents said a bullet had come through a front window, McCrary said.
A second call came from a house directly across from the house that generated the first call. Residents of the second house told police a man there had been shot.
McCrary said that man had been shot in the abdomen, was able to tell officers his name but would not say much about the circumstances of the shooting.
McCrary did not release the victim's name, but said he was taken to a hospital by ambulance. Two others injured in the incident reached a hospital by private vehicle. A coroner's spokesman said one of the victims died at Miami Valley Hospital.
Trotwood police Sgt. Erik Wilson said the deceased was one of the men who arrived by private conveyance and also had been shot in the abdomen.
Witnesses told police a white sport utility vehicle may have been involved.
Police issued an advisory to area police agencies about the SUV, which was spotted a short time later at the hospital. McCrary said there were five occupants in the vehicle, two of whom were apparently shot during the altercation on Mapleside Drive.
The wounded occupants were treated at the hospital; Trotwood police took the others in for questioning.
McCrary said the neighborhood where the shooting occurred is usually very quiet. He said he had never answered a call at the house where the victim was found, but other officers said they'd handled low priority calls there.
"Neighbors are saying now there has been a lot of activity at the house with a lot of traffic coming and going," McCrary said.
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