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Multiple safety forces responded to the scene before the suspect was shot by an off-duty Miami Twp. police officer after the teen aimed a gun at the officer while seeking to flee by carjacking vehicles after a robbery at a Byers Road Sunoco, court records show.
Police from Jackson Twp., Miami Twp. and Miamisburg – as well as personnel from the Miami Valley Fire District – are named as potential witnesses in the case, according to court records filed last week.
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The defendant is scheduled for a court date Friday.
He is charged with seven counts of aggravated robbery, one count of felonious assault on a police officer, discharge of a firearm on or over a public roadway, and impersonating a peace officer.
The off-duty officer who shot the suspect – James Swearingen – was cleared by a grand jury, which said he acted lawfully.
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