On January 4, 2023, at about 4:13 p.m., Dayton police responded to a reported shooting in the 1800 block of Banker Place at the DeSoto Bass apartment complex. Officers found two men with gunshot wounds: 22-year-old Victor Buster Humphrey, who was pronounced dead at the scene, and 23-year-old James Anderson, who was taken to Miami Valley Hospital and later died. A 29-year-old man was treated at the same hospital for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office confirmed the identities of the deceased and Dayton police opened a homicide investigation. Authorities said all individuals involved had been accounted for and did not indicate an ongoing public threat, but they did not disclose details about what led up to the shooting. No arrests or charges had been reported as of the latest information and detectives asked anyone with information to call 937-333-1232 or Miami Valley Crime Stoppers at 937-222-7867.

Humphrey, known as Buster, worked at Family Dollar and attended New Commandment Missionary Baptist Church. He is survived by his mother, Dionne Rochelle Perry, and several siblings; funeral services were held January 13, 2023. Does anyone in the Dayton area have information that could help investigators?