Gunfire interrupted Independence Day celebrations in Dayton on the night of July 4, 2025, when officers responding just after 10:30 p.m. found 37-year-old Oshea Woods gravely wounded on the 3800 block of West Second Street. Woods was taken to Miami Valley Hospital and pronounced dead later that night; the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office publicly identified him on July 9, 2025.

Detectives say the shooting occurred at a different location from where officers first encountered Woods. Investigators recovered items described as of evidentiary value while canvassing the area and interviewed a person of interest, but no arrests had been announced and the case remained under investigation. A 911 caller reported that Woods had been wearing a ski mask, a detail that has not been explained.

Anyone who was in the West Second Street area that night or who has information about what happened is asked to come forward.