Woman whose car jumped curb charged

A 28-year-old Dayton woman indicted Friday was shot by Dayton police last week as they said she was trying to run over another woman with a car.

Damika Lutence Legrand is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court for one count of felonious assault.

Dayton police were called around 10:40 p.m. July 22 to the 1700 block of Newton Avenue after a 911 caller told dispatchers she was arguing with her child’s father and feared for her life, Lt. Col Eric Henderson said last week.

The woman said she was being stalked by the man and had been fighting with him over a set of house and car keys. Legrand is the man’s current girlfriend, Henderson said.

Responding officers heard people arguing in front of the home. Legrand was behind the wheel of a red Chevrolet Impala with its engine running parked along the curb in front of the home.

Legrand accelerated toward the woman, who was standing on the sidewalk, and the car jumped the curb but the woman was able to get out of its path, according to an affidavit filed in Dayton Municipal Court.

As the vehicle accelerated, officer Joshua Gundaker

fired three rounds. Legrand maneuvered back onto the street and drove off, Henderson said. He said the incident took place in a matter of four seconds.

Legrand called 911 at 10:50 p.m. and reported that she was shot and had her daughter in the car. The child was not injured and has been placed in a relative’s care, Henderson said.

Legrand was treated for a gunshot wound to her arm and then was arrested and booked into the Montgomery County Jail, where she remains.

Henderson said there is no indication the officer knew a child was in the back seat of the Impala, which reportedly had tinted windows.

Gundaker was placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure during an investigation.