Jul 1, 2025

FATHER SHOOTING SENTENCE


FATHER SHOOTING SENTENCE 

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, ONE MAN WILL SPEND MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS OWN FATHER.
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT HAS SENTENCED 36-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN AUGUST TO A MINIMUM OF 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS FATHER, 67-YEAR-OLD LEO AUGUST LAST MAY. THE SON LIVED IN A HOUSE IN KETTERING, SOUTHWEST OF DAYTON, WITH HIS PARENTS. THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS REPORTS THAT KETTERING POLICE WERE DISPATCHED IN THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 10TH LAST YEAR IN RESPONSE TO A 9-1-1 CALL ABOUT A SHOOTING FOLLOWING AN ARGUMENT OVER A CAR RIDE. JUSTIN AUGUST WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE AND CHARGED WITH FIRING TWO DIFFERENT GUNS AT HIS FATHER, CAUSING HIS DEATH.


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