Dontae Lashawn Martin Sr., a 34-year-old father of six from Dayton, Ohio, died from gunshot wounds on July 23, 2015, in Harrison Township, Ohio, after a confrontation with Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies. Deputies Gust Teague and Joshua Haas arrived after Martin crashed his car and said he was holding a loaded handgun and failed to drop it; they reported fearing for their lives and fired, striking him 13 times. The autopsy recorded a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.388 and a positive test for marijuana.

A Montgomery County grand jury in 2017 declined to indict the deputies, citing self-defense. Martin’s family filed a wrongful death suit that was settled in 2019 for $900,000 with no admission of fault by the county or the deputies. The family and their attorney maintain the deputies’ account was inaccurate and say Martin was unconscious when shot.