Six people were shot in five different incidents over the course of eight hours Wednesday night leaving a 19-year-old dead.
Police have not said if any of the incidents were connected, and no arrests have been reported.
Cincinnati police reports document the violence:
- Around 4:40 p.m., a man was shot in the face inside a Walnut Hills McDonald’s on East McMillan Street sometime before 6 p.m. Two customers were fighting in the restaurant when both produced handguns. The 39-year-old man who was shot was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
- At 9:29 p.m., a man was shot in Avondale on Forest Avenue after a suspect intentionally fired three shots at him. The 30-year-old victim was taken to UCMC and is expected to survive.
- Just before 11 p.m., a 24-year-old man was shot in Over-the-Rhine in the 1200 block of Vine Street. He was also hospitalized and injuries that were not life-threatening. Police are searching for a gold Toyota with front-end damage.
- At 11:44 p.m., two men were shot in Winton Hills on Craft Street. 19-year-old Kyran Reese was shot and taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center by a private car where he died. A 20-year-old was also shot during the incident. He was taken to UCMC by ambulance and is expected to survive.
- At 12:15 a.m., a 21-year-old man was shot while driving on Derrick Turnbow Avenue in West End. He kept traveling to drove himself to Christ Hospital and was then transferred to UCMC with serious injuries.
These shootings bring Cincinnati's total for the year to 264. Compared to the same period last year, shootings are down about 21 percent. However, compared to 2019, shootings are up 23%.
Homicides also remain elevated in Cincinnati. Reese was the 54th person killed this year, police said. This puts the city on track to have nearly 90 homicides in 2021. At this time last year, there had already been 64 killings. 2020 ended with 94 homicides, the highest year on record.
Next week marks the anniversary of the Grant Park mass shooting in Over-the-Rhine in which seven people were wounded and two were killed. Police said the two men who died were shooting at each other and the rest of the victims were caught in the crossfire.
During a 24-hour period surrounding the Grant Park shooting, a total of 20 people were shot in the city. Along with the nine shot in Over-the-Rhine, there was a quadruple shooting in North Avondale that left one person dead, a triple shooting in Walnut Hills, and four other people shot in separate incidents.
That marked a high point in gun violence for Cincinnati and result in the city spending $1 million to allow for more police overtime, the hiring of community advocates and a lawyer dedicated to bringing federal charges in weapons cases.
Police also ramped up their gun crimes task force. As of July 24, 937 illegally-possessed guns were taken off the streets of the city this year, a 23% increase over last year.
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