DAYTON — In the early hours of Tuesday, a 35‑year‑old man called 911 and admitted he had shot his girlfriend inside their home on the 4700 block of Queens Avenue. The man stayed on the line with dispatchers, voice shaking, telling them to hurry because someone had been hit. When Dayton police got to the house just after 2 a.m., they found 33‑year‑old Jaime Dick on the floor with multiple gunshot wounds.
Dick was rushed to a hospital by medical crews, but she later died from her injuries. The man who made the call was taken into custody at the scene and remains held while detectives work to untangle the events leading up to the shooting. Police have said the two were in a domestic relationship, but they have not released any motive or further details about their history.
Officials from the Dayton Police Homicide Unit combed the house and the surrounding yard for clues, pushing past crime scene tape as early morning light crept over Queens Avenue. Investigators searched for cellphone records, surveillance footage and anything that might explain why a 35‑year‑old man would turn a domestic dispute into a deadly confrontation.
Neighbors say they had seen the couple together before and had sometimes heard shouting late at night. Some described the suspect as quiet but tense, and others said they had watched Dick laugh with friends just days earlier, never imagining something like this could happen.
Law enforcement sources say this case is a priority, and detectives are urging anyone who saw or heard anything before dawn to talk to them. For now, the suspect remains in custody, and the city of Dayton grieves a young woman’s life cut tragically short.
