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Louis Christman

Case from Dayton, OH dated May 22, 2025

Victim Details

Louis Christman

Male

Dayton

OH

2025-05-22

48

Louis

Christman

07/02/2026

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Louis Christman, 48, male, died after a single gunshot struck both him and another man during what authorities described as a late-night gun-cleaning session in Harrison Township, just northwest of Dayton, on May 22, 2025. Deputies were dispatched around 12:06 a.m. to a home in the 2200 block of Martin Avenue and found two men with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where Christman was pronounced dead. The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office publicly identified him later ...
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  • WKEF: Gun cleaning mishap in Harrison Township leaves one man dead, another injured
  • Coroner IDs man who died after being shot while cleaning gun
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