Tanner Staggs, age 22, a male from Dayton, was shot while working a landscaping job late on the morning of September 18, 2025, on Indiana Avenue near Wyoming Street. Witness accounts and court records say an argument started after grass and mud from the crew's work landed on a nearby vehicle. In the moments that followed, the confrontation escalated; Staggs was struck by multiple rounds and rushed to Miami Valley Hospital, where he died of his injuries.
The Montgomery County Coroner's Office later identified the victim as Tanner Staggs, age 22.
Investigators reported that the suspected shooter, a 36-year-old neighbor, came out of his home and moved into the roadway during the dispute before opening fire. Police recovered 9 mm shell casings from the street and a Glock 43X handgun from inside the suspect's residence. Staggs, age 22, male, had been working with a crew on the property as part of his landscaping job when the shooting occurred around 11:15–11:20 a.m.
Dayton police arrested Travis D. Jackson, 36, later that day. According to court records cited by local reporters, Jackson admitted to the shooting and directed officers to the firearm. He was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and charged with two counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault, and one count of discharging a firearm on or near prohibited premises. The Dayton Police Department's Homicide Unit continues to investigate the killing of Tanner Staggs, age 22, male.
Community and local outlets identified Tanner Staggs, age 22, male, as the worker killed on the job; his employer publicly mourned the loss and described him as a young man with “so much life ahead of him.” Obituary and memorial pages confirmed his name and age and noted that he was taken by an act of violence on September 18, 2025, in Dayton, Ohio.
