Overview

• Two people were wounded at the CityBird restaurant on Fountain Square during a 7:30 p.m. altercation, with a teen grazed in the leg and an adult shot in the thigh.
• Both Fountain Square victims were hospitalized at Cincinnati Children’s and UC Medical Center and are expected to survive.
• Police detained two people of interest in the Fountain Square case—one after a foot chase and another located in Over-the-Rhine—while announcing no charges.
• A separate Westwood shooting around 6:30 p.m. left a male victim dead, and investigators are seeking a blue Tesla that may be connected.
• Additional nonfatal shootings were reported in the West End and by a man who arrived at Mercy Health, drawing public condemnation from the mayor and a stern warning from the police chief.