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Fountain Square Shooting Suspect Surrenders as Judge Sets $2.6 Million Bond

Defense cites self-defense, with investigators probing a possible Northside link.

Overview

  • Shaquille Ferguson, 24, turned himself in Sunday and was booked into the Hamilton County Justice Center on felonious assault and weapons-under-disability charges.
  • A judge set bond at $2.6 million, and a Hamilton County grand jury hearing is scheduled for Oct. 29.
  • Police-released surveillance video shows a man in a white shirt firing toward the CityBird restaurant, injuring a 16-year-old and a 19-year-old with non-life-threatening wounds.
  • Ferguson’s attorney, Clyde Bennett, says his client fired two shots in self-defense; officers also arrested a juvenile allegedly seen discarding a gun outside the restaurant.
  • Court records and investigators link Ferguson to a separate Northside shooting two days earlier, with shell casings suggesting the same firearm, and police say he was on probation at the time.