Dayton police find chute, shirts of tower jumpers



Drew Simon
Police search for base jumpers in the area of 3901 Guthrie Road, Dayton Sept. 27, 2014.


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Jim Witmer
This person jumped from the tower and deployed a parachute while police were on the ground.



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By Breaking News Staff
DAYTON —
UPDATE @11 a.m., 9/29/14: "Base jumping" from TV towers can cause serious injuries from not only the fall, but electrical dangers.
News Center 7 has surveillance video from August where someone base jumped from the News Center 7 tower. There are also criminal ramifications for doing so.
UPDATE@9a.m. Sept. 28
According to the Dayton police report, officers never found the jumpers but evidence collected included a 1999 Volkswagen Passat.
The maroon vehicle was parked near the tower. It was towed away because it was believed to be the one used by the jumpers, according to the report.
Police also found other items: The first jumper's parachute, a black Pink Floyd shirt, a red ju jitsu shirt and two bags believed to be used to carry the jumpers' equipment, according to the report.
UPDATE@3p.m.
Police called off the search and did not find the jumpers.
Officers found a vehicle at the scene that may be the one used by the jumpers.
It was a TV tower for Ch. 16.
A representative of Channel 16 who happened to be in the area and saw the first jumper was the first to call 911.
BREAKING REPORT
Police in Dayton are utilizing a K-9 unit in search of two people who "base-jumped" off a TV tower on the city's west side.
Police responded around 1:15 p.m., just after one person jumped and deployed a parachute from the 1,100-foot tower, at 3901 Guthrie Road.
Officers got to the scene and one person remained at the top of the tower. That person jumped while officers and a Dayton Daily News photographer looked on.
Police were searching a nearby wooded area, where it's believed both jumpers ran to elude police.
Police said potential charges against the two include inducing panic and trespassing.


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