Apartment security officer shot still critical www.privateofficer.com

DAYTON OH MARCH 31 2010 — James C. Locker, Jr., 50, one of two Moonlight Security guards wounded early Tuesday morning, March 30, at the Western Manor Apartment Complex on James H. McGee Boulevard, was in the intensive care unit, still listed in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital this morning, Wednesday, March 31.

The other security guard shot, William St. Peter, 54, was still in Miami Valley Hospital. His condition was not listed.

Police said Tuesday that the security guard wearing a protective vest during the shooting was in stable condition and expected to go home soon, while the other guard, shot in the torso, was taken to the hospital in critical condition and had undergone emergency surgery.

Christopher Beatty-Jones, the suspect in the shooting, which occurred around 1 a.m. Tuesday, was taken into custody at his home at 3933 Prescott Ave. shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday. He was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on a felonious assault charge.

The guards were shot when questioning a passenger, Jodi Grigsby, in the vehicle Beatty-Jones had fled upon their approach. Beatty-Jones returned and fired five times at the officers, hitting each one of them once.

Just last week, on March 22, Grigsby and Beatty-Jones were together near the Summit Square Apartments when Grigsby was shot in the arm, according to a police report, which stated Beatty-Jones said he was there to buy $50 worth of marijuana when someone shot at their vehicle.