CINCINNATI (WXIX) – One person is dead and five more injured when gun violence erupts overnight in Cincinnati, police said.
No arrests have been reported while homicide officers and investigators are investigating.
The shootings began before dark on Wednesday night and continued until around 1 a.m. on Thursday.
Here are the latest details available, according to Cincinnati Police:
- A man was shot in the face inside McDonald’s in Walnut Hills in the 1100 block of East McMillan Street after an argument between two customers. A man in his 30s was shot in the face and taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
- At 9:29 p.m., a man was shot dead on the 600 block of Forest Avenue in Avondale. He was taken to UC Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- About an hour later, a man was shot dead in Over-the-Rhine on the 1200 block of Vine Street. He was taken to UC Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect left the scene in a golden Toyota with front damage.
- At 11:44 p.m., two men were shot dead on Craft Street in Winton Hills. The Cincinnati Fire Department transported one of them to UC Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The other man shot drove himself to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and died shortly afterwards. The homicide investigators are investigating. Anyone with information about this murder is asked to call the Homicide Squad at (513) 352-3542.
- At 12.15 p.m., a man who had been shot drove himself to Christ Hospital. He was transferred to UC Hospital with serious injuries. Police have determined that the West End shooting occurred on the 700 block of Derrick Turbine Avenue.
Cincinnati saw a surge in gun violence this summer after record-breaking murders in the city last year.
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