2 MEN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH INSIDE AUTO DEALERSHIP

Authorities believe the men were fighting before the shooting.

Two men were found shot to death after an apparent struggle Monday at Buck-I Auto Sales on North Dixie, according to Montgomery County Sheriff ’s Office deputies.

Capt. Jeremy Roy said the bodies of men ages 79 and 59 were discovered inside the Harrison Twp. business at 2801 N. Dixie Drive after deputies were dispatched at 1:22 p.m. on a shots fired call. Roy would not provide any other details and said the men’s next of kin had not yet been notified Monday afternoon.

Roy said deputies forced entry after seeing what they believed was at least one body. Roy said the coroner’s office was to take control of the bodies and evidence technicians were coming to photograph and diagram the scene. He said autopsies were scheduled for today.

“It looks like a struggle ensued inside the business prior to whatever happening,” Roy said, adding that he thinks the people involved knew each other. “I don’t believe that there’s anybody that we need to worry about right now. We think it was contained right here.”

In a 6-minute 911 call, a woman told a dispatcher that she went to the car dealer and saw two men who “started to tussle,” then saw one man pull a gun. As she was going to call police, she heard about three gunshots.

The woman said she saw one man’s face, then drove away and called 911.

At the scene during the sher-

iff ’s investigation, a woman appeared to re-enact how she looked into the locked building and tried to get in.

“We have someone secured that may have witnessed someone coming or going,” Roy said, saying that the cooperating witness was taken downtown to talk to detectives and was not considered a suspect.

The business next to the Traveler’s Motel and across the street from Ben’s Batteries is right next to a bridge that is being repaired. Construction equipment tearing up the road on the bridge and a jackhammer were operating nearby in the minutes immediately after deputies arrived on scene.

Roy said deputies will knock on business’ doors in the area to see if they have surveillance footage and added that people who had been interviewed had been helpful.

Montgomery County property records indicate the property was sold in 1999 by Sam Ashburn Sr. to a Frank D. Buck.

MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF A Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office deputy surveys the scene of Monday’s shooting at Buck-I Auto Sales at 2801 N. Dixie Drive. Two men ages 79 and 59 were discovered inside the business shot to death after deputies were dispatched.

MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF Deputies discuss the shooting at the scene on Monday. The business is located next to the Traveler’s Motel and across the street from Ben’s Batteries.