MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — A man was arrested after allegedly shooting and killing another man outside a home in Middletown late Monday night, police said.
Police responded to the 2100 block of Grand Avenue at around 10:30 p.m. Monday night after reports of gunshots. When they got there, they found a man lying on the sidewalk curb, police said.
They have not released his identity.
Middletown Police Chief David Birk gave an update on the fatal shooting that happened in the 2100 block of Grand Avenue yesterday.
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Police arrested and charged Denzel Fuller, 22, with murder. Police say Fuller knew the victim and the two had a dispute Monday night. @WCPO pic.twitter.com/hEonVncwRg
Middletown Police Chief David Birk said the victim was shot multiple times and died at the scene. Investigators recovered over 20 shell casings at the scene, according to Birk.
Denzel Fuller, 22, was tracked down by police, taken into custody and charged with murder, Birk said. Fuller and the victim knew one another and the shooting was a culmination of a dispute between the two that happened earlier Monday, he said.
Investigators have not recovered the gun used in the homicide, according to Birk.
Terrell Whicker was home with his fiancee and two daughters the night of the shooting.
“Around 10:30 p.m. I heard a pop go off, and at first I thought maybe it was the neighbors playing with fireworks because there always lighting off fireworks around here and then one pop turned into 13 pops it sounded like," Whicker said.
He said his youngest daughter slept through the deadly shooting, but his oldest heard the gunshots.
“She was scared. She got under our bed and was freaking out. When we came out here to see what was going on she didn’t want us to be out here. She kept saying 'don’t go out there, don’t go out there, it’s not safe,'" he said.
Whicker said he moved to this neighborhood less than three months ago because he thought it would be a safe place for his family. Now, he worries for their safety.
“I don’t want my kids going out into the backyard. It terrifies me," Whicker said. “They love to be outside like today, they want to go out and play and what happened last night has me terrified to not even let them go outside."
He is relieved the suspect has been caught and is thankful a stray bullet didn't hit his house.
“It was really scary knowing I have two kids in the other room and since it happened on that street a bullet could have came through and went through their window or the wall," he said.
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