Manpoints gunatpolice, gets shot

Three officers fired at Donald Saunders after they responded Sunday to a domestic incident.

Three Dayton police officers fired at a domestic violence suspect late Sunday night after he reportedly put a gun into the chest of one of the officers as they tried to help a woman screaming for assistance.

Lt. Col. Matt Carper, the assistant chief, presented that information about the shooting in aMonday afternoon news conference.

Dayton police Sgt. Joseph Setty and officers Joshua Blankley and Michael Floyd responded to a domestic violence call late Sunday night in the northeast part of the city shot a man, Donald Saunders.

Saunders was taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he is in critical condition.

“The victim is very fortunate that the officers responded as quickly as they did and took the action that they took to protect her from harm,” Carper said. “And I believe the officers are very fortunate under these circumstances that they were not hurt considering that they took action toput themselves inharm’s way to protect this victim from violence.”

Noofficerswere injured during the incident, Carper said. They were placed on paid leave pending an investigation into the shooting, Carper said. That is standard protocol after an officer-involved shooting, Carper said.

The incident happened at 1727 Rangeley Avenue near Smithville Road at around11:45p.m. Sunday. Policewere called tothe residence by a neighbor who dialed 9-1-1.

“He’s hitting her,” the caller told a dispatcher.

The call cameafter thewoman alerted the neighbor because she needed help.

Officers responded and saw blood on the door and identified themselves. The woman inside screamed, Carper said, and officers sought to render immediate aid to her.

“Fearing that the female was being physically harmed and possibly held hostage, officers began forced entry into the apartment,” Carper said. “As officers forced open the door they were met by the suspect, later identified as Donald Saunders, who was attempting to keep the door closed with his body.”

The officerswere able to enter the home anyway, Carper said, and saw Saunders in the living room with a semi-automatic pistol in his hand.

Carper said Saunders pointed

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