A suspect accused of hitting an unmarked police cruiser and causing an hours-long standoff has been arrested.
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News Center 7’s Malik Patterson talks to neighbors who saw the incident LIVE on News Center 7 at 11am.
>> PHOTOS: A major search is underway at an apartment complex after reports that a cruiser was rammed by another car
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According to an earlier report from News Center 7, calls for help were made nationwide around 1:30 p.m. after a person reportedly rammed a police cruiser near W. Siebenthaler and Salem Avenue.
The driver ran to an apartment complex on Wentworth Avenue and an hours-long standoff began.
Toby Ward has lived in the apartment complex for 10 years and says he’s never seen anything like it before.
“They said he was a dangerous man, they said he killed someone,” Ward said.
Authorities arrested the suspect around 6:30 p.m
Lt. Mark Ponichtera of the Dayton Police Department said the suspect is wanted in connection with a homicide in Dayton and has an active arrest warrant for aggravated abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence.
News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.
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