Angelo Champion was sentenced to 24 years to life for firing into an SUV and killing a man after a Dayton house party.

Witnesses said it was one shot, fired into the back seat of an SUV as it was about to leave. That single shot ended a life, sent a car crashing into a house, and now carries a sentence that starts at 24 years. The jury heard an argument that began inside a party and moved outside, and it rejected any version of events that made this something less than murder. An appeal is the only road left.

Angelo Jamille Champion has been sentenced to 24 years to life in prison for the November 2024 shooting death of a man in Dayton, Ohio, the Montgomery County Prosecutor's Office confirmed Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, WHIO reported. Champion, 43, was found guilty earlier this month by a jury on two counts each of murder and felonious assault, according to the Dayton Daily News. A separate count of having weapons while under disability was left for Judge Elizabeth A. Ellis to decide in a bench trial. WHIO reported that Champion was convicted on that count as well.

The victim was 34, the Dayton Daily News reported. Local outlets have spelled his name two ways: the Dayton Daily News, citing court records, identified him as Djuan Hill, and WHIO identified him as Djuan Hall. According to Dayton Municipal Court records described by both outlets, Champion and the victim got into an argument at a party on Forsythe Avenue on Nov. 23, 2024. Witnesses told police the argument started inside the house and continued outside.

The victim got into an SUV with a friend. According to an affidavit cited by the Dayton Daily News, witnesses said Champion walked up to the rear passenger door where the victim was sitting, pointed a gun at the door and fired one shot into the vehicle. The woman driving the SUV pulled away, struck another vehicle and crashed into a house on Arlene Avenue, the outlets reported. The victim had been shot in the head. He was taken to a hospital and died the following day. The driver had minor injuries, and no one in the other vehicle was hurt, the Dayton Daily News reported.

WHIO reported that Champion was arrested by a SWAT team and U.S. Marshals at a home on Wisconsin Boulevard in January. His sentencing had originally been scheduled for Oct. 15, according to the Dayton Daily News. Whether he plans to appeal had not been reported Monday. Champion was presumed innocent until the jury returned its verdict. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.