Joshua Fuller, 37, a man from Dayton, Ohio, was fatally shot on Sunday afternoon, June 14, 2026, outside the Main Mart convenience store at 2423 North Main Street in Dayton. The call came in shortly after 2 p.m., sending officers and medics to the parking lot, where Fuller was found on the ground with a gunshot wound to his upper torso. Early reports indicated he had been shot in the chest and was not moving when help was called.
Medics rushed him to Grandview Hospital, but he was pronounced dead later that afternoon.
The shooting unfolded in a way police later described as sudden and chilling. Investigators said Fuller had been leaving the Main Mart when a suspect pointed a gun at him and pulled the trigger without saying anything. A 911 caller described the shooters as young males who had already fled the scene by the time police were being dispatched. A nearby witness later said she had heard police describe the incident as involving several young people who tried to rob someone, though investigators continued treating the case as an active homicide investigation.
In the first hours after the shooting, Dayton police said they were looking for three potential suspects. As detectives continued following leads, the case expanded. Police later said they were searching for four suspects connected to Fuller's death. During follow-up work tied to other violent crimes believed to involve juvenile suspects, officers located two of the suspects in a separate incident on Russet Avenue. A 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy were taken into custody, and police identified another 17-year-old as the alleged shooter.
By June 17, the Dayton Police Department confirmed that a third juvenile suspect had also been arrested in connection with the homicide. Mayor Shenise Turner-Sloss publicly acknowledged Fuller's death and said the arrests came from swift work by Dayton police, while also stating that an additional suspect remained at large. Because the suspects are juveniles, their names were not publicly released in the available reports.
The case remained under investigation by the Dayton Police Department's Homicide Unit. Police asked anyone with information, surveillance video, phone video, or dashcam footage to contact investigators. As of the latest available reports, three juvenile suspects had been arrested, one additional suspect was still being sought, and no trial or conviction information had been reported.
