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Dontae L. Martin
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Dontae L. Martin in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-07-23 in Dayton, OH. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-222
- Incident date
- July 23, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Dayton, OH
- Agency
- Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 34
What happened
Dontae LaShawn Martin Sr., 34, was killed by Montgomery County sheriff's deputies during a July 23, 2015, crash investigation near Dayton, Ohio. Sheriff Phil Plummer said deputies found Martin inside a vehicle, saw him holding a handgun, and fired after he allegedly ignored demands to lower it. Deputies Gust Teague and Josh Haas were identified in follow-up reports. Martin's relatives and civil-rights advocates, including the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, rallied for a grand jury inquiry and sought greater accountability. The sheriff announced that a review would be referred for possible charging assessment. No later officer conviction was established in the material reviewed.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 668
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 670
Sources & records
- Primary source
- Additional source
- Methodology and national police killings trackingMapping Police Violence · Dataset/methodology
- Fatal Force v2 — fatal on-duty police shootings, 2015–2024The Washington Post · Dataset