On the evening of March 14, 2024, 17-year-old Javonta Morgan of Dayton was fatally shot along with 14-year-old Corey Prater. The shooting happened around 7:20 p.m. in the 1600 block of Miami Chapel Road, near Louise Troy Elementary School. A 911 caller reported a fight involving a group of boys just before the gunfire.

When officers arrived, Corey was found injured with a bystander administering CPR; he was taken to a hospital and died. Javonta was taken from the scene to a hospital in a private vehicle and also died from his injuries. The Dayton Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation and a week after the shooting asked the public for help locating a suspect. That investigation led to the arrest of 14-year-old Michael Johnson Jr., who was taken into custody in Peoria, Illinois, on April 23, 2024, and later returned to Ohio to face murder charges.

A separate incident on March 25, 2024, saw relatives of Corey Prater shot at as they left his funeral; witnesses said occupants of a Chrysler 300 followed and fired at their vehicle.

Did anyone in Dayton see the group of boys near Miami Chapel Road that night or know more about what happened before the shooting?