“They were very friendly,” Moore said. Kimberly Bedinger would “often say hello when we would pass in the parking lot” or when Moore and Bedinger were walking their dogs, Moore said.
There was no sign of the family tension that apparently led to Thursday’s shooting inside the Bedingers’ apartment about 4 p.m. Thursday. Police believe Jeffrey Bedinger shot and killed his 22-year-old stepson, Brandon Haskins, while Kimberly Bedinger and 7-year-old son Zane were inside the apartment.
Jeffrey Bedinger fled with Zane and the dog. Police later found Zane at a relative’s home in Carmel, Ind. Jeffrey Bedinger remained at large Friday morning.
Moore said she was home at the time, but on a conference call, and did not hear any gunshots. About 5 p.m., she said she looked outside and noticed police and television news crews waiting outside the building.
Among the assets the Bedingers listed in their bankruptcy filing is the handgun police believe Jeffrey Bedinger used to shoot Haskins.
Another neighbor, John Thompson, said, “I don’t know what would possess somebody to have that much anger.”
The Bedingers filed for Chapter 7, or liquidation, bankruptcy on May 24. He listed $150,000 in assets and $197,000 in liabilities.
The couple had two mortgages on their home at 553 Shroyer Road in Dayton.
Jeffrey Bedinger was unemployed, while Kimberly Bedinger works as a teacher for the Vandalia-Butler school system, according to the filing.
Kettering Health Network Credit Union filed a lawsuit against the Bedingers in April, seeking $10,000, according to Dayton Municipal Court records.
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