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Store employees say robbers used code to case store
DAYTON - Police are looking for three men believed to have operated as a team and used coded language to rob a local convenience store in the Greenwich Village neighborhood Wednesday, Jan. 6.
Employees at Gz Smoke Shop, 2267 N. Gettysburg Ave., said a man came in about 5:30 p.m. and was talking on a cell phone while trying to buy items, according to a police report.
When the cash register opened to give the man change, he uttered into his cell phone “This would be a good time for some hot chocolate,” and “they the did have any hot chocolate at the store,” the report stated.
As the man said that two men came in, armed with pistols and demanded cash. They managed to get nearly $150 from the register and robbed both employees of their cash and wallets, the report stated.
The gunmen did not rob the person on the cell phone and all three left the store, the report stated.
The employees said it appeared the man on the cell phone was giving some kind of code to the person on the other end of the phone, the report stated.
The gunmen were dressed in all black, wore masks and had what appeared to be .22-caliber revolvers, the report stated. A K-9 unit was called in to help look for the suspects, but the dog lost their scents outside the store, the report stated.
The items brought to the counter by the man on the cell phone were dusted for fingerprints. The store did not have an alarm and a video camera inside was broken, the report stated.
Anyone with information about the robbery is urged to call 333-COPS.
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DAYTON - Homicide detectives are examining evidence inside the home to see if it can help them piece together what led to the shooting deaths of two people Wednesday, Jan. 6.
Carin White, 26, and Dewayne Johnson, 35, were shot multiples time and found dead at 4313 Genesee Ave. after White’s boyfriend called 911 and said, “My girl’s been shot,” investigators said.
After saying White had been shot, a 911 dispatcher asked the boyfriend if he knew who shot her, according to 911 audio released by police. The man responds by asking authorities to send help and then hangs up the phone.
White’s boyfriend is considered a witness at this time and homicide detectives are continuing to question him about items inside the home and what happened before they arrived, Sgt. Gary White said.
The Montgomery County Coroner’s Officer ruled both White and Johnson’s homicides, a crucial decision in the homicide investigation, Lt. Patrick Welsh said.
White’s family made statements at the scene of the shooting to one television station that they knew who might have done the shooting and asked that person come forward and tell the truth.
White’s mother declined comment when reached Wednesday afternoon.
Welsh and Gary White said they don’t expect any arrests to be made today in the case.
There have been no police incident reports at that Genesee address in the last year, according to police records.
Carin White and Johnson are the city’s first two homicide victims this year.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2494 or lsullivan@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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