Four teenagers arrested for murder in botched Warren County ambush plot

According to a press release from the Warren County Sheriff's Department, 18-year-old Dakota Cox of Kettering and four other teens, including Trudics, planned the robbery and kidnapping of an individual the night of December 13. The individual was lured to a residence in the 1800 block of Oregonia Road in Turtlecreek Township. According to police, upon arriving at the address, the individual was threatened with a bat and a firearm. Deputies say the subject then defended himself against attack with a firearm and in the ensuing battle, Mason Trudics was shot and killed and a 16-year-old was critically injured by gunfire.