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Five Shot in Eight Hours Across Hamilton County as Fountain Square Attack Triggers Policy Push

Two people of interest remain in custody as the mayor pursues an earlier curfew for the Fountain Square district.

Overview

  • Police say two people were wounded outside the CityBird restaurant around 7:30 p.m., with a teen grazed in the leg and an adult shot in the thigh; both sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
  • Investigators reported two CityBird windows were shot out during a fight, and the victims were taken to Cincinnati Children’s and University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
  • Two people of interest are in custody, including one caught after a foot chase and another found in Over-the-Rhine, with no charges announced yet.
  • Mayor Aftab Pureval called the violence intolerable and is seeking changes to policing and management of the downtown transit hub, including a potential earlier curfew specific to Fountain Square.
  • A separate Westwood shooting around 6:30 p.m. left a man dead, and two additional shootings were reported later in the West End and by a man who arrived at Mercy Health, with both of those victims expected to survive.