Dayton police said an ice cream truck driver who was fatally shot on Midway Avenue in Dayton was likely the victim of an attempted robbery.

Carl Banks, 60, was selling ice cream to children just before he was shot around 6:15 p.m.

Police said a teen was probably standing next to street acting like a customer, but was really trying to rob the driver.

Now, investigators are looking for the male they describe as a light-skinned black teen as young as 15 who was wearing red pants.

"The next thing they know, they said they heard some gunshots. They turned around and saw the ice cream truck drive away, and it appeared the driver had been shot," Dayton Police Sgt. John Sullivan said. Banks was shot at least once.

The ice cream truck crashed into a house at 4416 Midway Ave. The house sustained minor damage. Neighbors said Banks drove his ice cream route through the neighborhood nearly every day. He had been an ice cream man for decades.

Banks is described by neighbors as a selfless, kind man who loved making kids smile. "Great guy all my life. He'd give you the shirt off his back if he had to," said Timothy DeWitt.

"He's for the kids. I don't understand why would they do that, and they know it was the ice cream truck, and it was an older man. It makes me very sad. (My son) was like, 'Mommy, that's the ice cream truck. What happened to the ice cream truck?' " neighbor Kaneisha Harris said.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call 333-COPS and ask for the homicide detectives.