Larry Love, 36, was found dead from gunshot wounds in the 2200 block of Hepburn Avenue in Dayton on January 1, 2019. Officers responded to reports of gunfire near 5 a.m. and discovered him lying in the street; this was the city’s first homicide of 2019.

Eyewitnesses told investigators they heard multiple shots and saw about ten people involved in a confrontation. One 911 caller described several cars at the scene and people both fighting and discharging firearms. The circumstances that led to the altercation and the shooting remain unclear, and no arrests have been announced.

Love, born February 17, 1982, was known to family and friends as Poochie; he was preceded in death by his mother, Doris A. Love. A visitation took place January 10, 2019, at Greater Love Christian Church in Dayton. Can anyone who was in the Hepburn Avenue area that morning or has information contact the Dayton Police Department?