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Police looking for driver in hit-skip homicide
By Angela Watson Gay and Lucas Sullivan Staff Writers
DAYTON - Investigators are still trying to determine the identity of the man killed outside a local bar in what police are calling a hit-and-skip homicide.
Homicide detectives are talking to witnesses and looking for the male driver of a White Ford Explorer or Excursion that hit four people outside Katie’s Place, 2264 E. Fifth St., at 1 a.m. Friday, April 24.
One man died at the scene, two other people were critically injured and another received minor injuries after being hit by the SUV, police said. The driver of the SUV, which sped off with a flat tire, is described as a heavyset man.
An autopsy was scheduled to be performed on the male victim late Friday morning, Miami Valley Regional Crime Lab director Ken Betz said.
The critically injured victims, a male and a female, are still at Miami Valley Hospital, according to police.
Sgt. Mark Ponichtera said the hit-and-run accident stemmed from a fight inside the bar that spilled outside.
Clarissa Davis and her son, Robert Bechtolt IV, were inside their residence when they heard a loud noise they thought was a plane. They ran outside after hearing a scream and saw the victims.
Davis covered the female with a blanket because she said wasn’t wearing much clothing. “She was screaming for her boyfriend,” said Davis, who called the victim’s boyfriend from her own cell phone.
Davis has lived in the neighborhood for about four months and said she’s had no issues with the bar. “This was the last thing I wanted to see.”
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