Ohio ice cream driver fatally shot

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An ice cream truck driver was shot and killed driving his truck in a neighborhood that residents say had been part of his route for years.

The driver was shot Tuesday evening minutes after he sold ice cream to children near an apartment complex a couple of blocks away, the Dayton Daily News reported.

The victim was identified as Carl Banks, 60, of Dayton, a Montgomery County coroner’s official, said today. No official case of death had been listed pending an autopsy, coroner’s investigator Randy Brannon said.

Brannon said he was not aware of any children or other adults injured in the shooting. The Dayton police did not immediately return calls today.

Police initially thought they were responding to an accident scene because the truck crashed into a house, causing minor damage, the newspaper and WDTN-TV reported. When emergency crews arrived on scene, they found Banks shot to death at the wheel, police Sgt. John Sullivan told the media outlets.

Homicide detectives were investigating the shooting.