Joseph Brandenburg, 48, was shot multiple times on the evening of August 13, 2025, after police were sent to the first block of Lombard Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Officers found him critically wounded and he was taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office publicly identified him two days later.

Dayton Police Homicide detectives collected several handguns and spent shell casings at the scene. Investigators located and interviewed a possible suspect in the hours after the shooting, but officials did not confirm any arrests or charges and the investigation remained active. Local reporting noted this was one of two homicides in Dayton within hours that night, a tense evening for first responders and the community.

Anyone with information about Brandenburg’s killing is asked to contact the Dayton Police Homicide Unit.