By Andy Sedlak
Dayton Daily News
DAYTON, Ohio — The undercover officer shot in the torso while pursuing a suspect in Trotwood, April 15, has been released from Miami Valley Hospital, police said Tuesday.
Major Mark Ecton could not confirm what time the officer, whose name has not been released, left the hospital. “Right now, all I can state is that he was released,” he said.
The suspect shot during the confrontation with police at Leo’s II Bar has also been released from Miami Valley Hospital and is being held in Montgomery County Jail.
Deontay Cochran, 21, sustained a gunshot wound after investigators said he led officers on a foot chase following an altercation at the bar on Salem Avenue.
Cochran was chased by the undercover Dayton police officer and a Trotwood officer, identified as Sgt. William Moore. Gunfire ensued during the incident, and the Dayton officer was shot in the torso and Cochran was shot in the arm. Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer has said officials do not yet know who shot whom, how many shots were fired or whether the suspect fired.
Moore is on paid administrative leave, pending the results of an administrative investigation, also being done by the sheriff’s office.
Moore was responding around 1:30 a.m. to Leo’s II on reports of a disturbance. When he arrived, simultaneously with another Trot-wood unit, they spotted an armed Cochran crouched between two cars near the bar’s entrance, police said. Cochran fled with Moore and the undercover detective in pursuit when the shots were fired. A semiautomatic pistol with an extended 30-round magazine was recovered from the scene.
Cochran was indicted on single counts of carrying a concealed weapon and resisting arrest, both stemming from a Feb. 17 arrest.
The CCW count is a fourth-degree felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison. The other charge is a misdemeanor. Cochran could appear in court today. The other charge is a misdemeanor.
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