Cincinnati police said a man stabbed two people in Westwood on Thanksgiving Day.Officers shocked him with a taser and shot him in the leg while he was still wielding the knife, according to police.Investigators said the officers involved are now on administrative leave, which is standard protocol.Meanwhile, neighbors who saw the chaos are glad it's over.The FOP president told WLWT that the suspect has since been treated and released from the hospital, but he will be charged.It was an unnerving way for people to spend the holiday."I seen the arguing and all of that took place, but then afterwards, police showed up, all of that came and I'm like, 'Oh my God,'" a neighbor who didn't want to be identified told WLWT.The neighbor has only lived in Lafeuille Apartment Homes for a few months but said this holiday with her two small children has now been marred by madness next door."I mean, even if there is a little bit of family drama, you're not expecting it to end in stabbings. So, yes, it definitely is shocking and crazy. Especially for it to happen in this apartment complex," she said.She didn't want to be identified to protect her family.Cincinnati police said a 911 call came in Thursday afternoon, reporting someone in an apartment trying to stab people.They said two officers responded and found a man and a woman stabbed.Investigators told WLWT that officers told the suspect to drop a knife and when the suspect wouldn't comply, they fired a gun and deployed a taser.The specific timeline has not been released by CPD."We don't have that set of sequence of events as of yet," Asst. Chief Terri Theetge said.Police said the suspect was shot in the leg.He was at UC Medical Center and in stable condition, police said.Officers said no one has life-threatening injuries.FOP President Dan Hils released a statement about the incident late Thursday night:"Today, while most Cincinnati residents safely enjoyed Thanksgiving with family, our local police officers were on patrol, protecting people. One of those officers was called to a local home after a 911 call about a dangerous man with a knife who was cutting people. She and another officer came upon a man wielding a knife. That man refused orders to drop the knife and then approached the officers with the knife. Both officers immediately saw the threat, and both acted quickly. One officer deployed his Taser device while the other simultaneously fired her service weapon. They stopped the threat. The criminal was treated and released from the hospital, and he will be charged. Both officers are uninjured. Everyone in Cincinnati can be thankful that, even on holidays, they have brave, quick-thinking police officers on patrol, risking their own lives to protect others."It's still not clear what led up to the stabbings, as CPD remains tight-lipped.Neighbors said they are relieved the incident is over."I didn't want them watching that. I was watching it but I was keeping them away from the windows, when the arguing, you know, I didn't want them to hear all of that. It's Thanksgiving, you know," the neighbor said.No one at the apartment involved answered the door.There was blood on the ground as well as empty bandage wrappers just outside the door.Cincinnati police said they believe the victims and the suspect are family members.They haven't shared the suspect's name, age, or if he has a criminal history.Police said the Criminal Investigation Section is now investigating and the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office is involved.
Cincinnati police said a man stabbed two people in Westwood on Thanksgiving Day.
Officers shocked him with a taser and shot him in the leg while he was still wielding the knife, according to police.
Investigators said the officers involved are now on administrative leave, which is standard protocol.
Meanwhile, neighbors who saw the chaos are glad it's over.
The FOP president told WLWT that the suspect has since been treated and released from the hospital, but he will be charged.
It was an unnerving way for people to spend the holiday.
"I seen the arguing and all of that took place, but then afterwards, police showed up, all of that came and I'm like, 'Oh my God,'" a neighbor who didn't want to be identified told WLWT.
The neighbor has only lived in Lafeuille Apartment Homes for a few months but said this holiday with her two small children has now been marred by madness next door.
"I mean, even if there is a little bit of family drama, you're not expecting it to end in stabbings. So, yes, it definitely is shocking and crazy. Especially for it to happen in this apartment complex," she said.
She didn't want to be identified to protect her family.
Cincinnati police said a 911 call came in Thursday afternoon, reporting someone in an apartment trying to stab people.
They said two officers responded and found a man and a woman stabbed.
Investigators told WLWT that officers told the suspect to drop a knife and when the suspect wouldn't comply, they fired a gun and deployed a taser.
The specific timeline has not been released by CPD.
"We don't have that set of sequence of events as of yet," Asst. Chief Terri Theetge said.
Police said the suspect was shot in the leg.
He was at UC Medical Center and in stable condition, police said.
Officers said no one has life-threatening injuries.
FOP President Dan Hils released a statement about the incident late Thursday night:
"Today, while most Cincinnati residents safely enjoyed Thanksgiving with family, our local police officers were on patrol, protecting people. One of those officers was called to a local home after a 911 call about a dangerous man with a knife who was cutting people. She and another officer came upon a man wielding a knife. That man refused orders to drop the knife and then approached the officers with the knife. Both officers immediately saw the threat, and both acted quickly. One officer deployed his Taser device while the other simultaneously fired her service weapon. They stopped the threat. The criminal was treated and released from the hospital, and he will be charged. Both officers are uninjured. Everyone in Cincinnati can be thankful that, even on holidays, they have brave, quick-thinking police officers on patrol, risking their own lives to protect others."
It's still not clear what led up to the stabbings, as CPD remains tight-lipped.
Neighbors said they are relieved the incident is over.
"I didn't want them watching that. I was watching it but I was keeping them away from the windows, when the arguing, you know, I didn't want them to hear all of that. It's Thanksgiving, you know," the neighbor said.
No one at the apartment involved answered the door.
There was blood on the ground as well as empty bandage wrappers just outside the door.
Cincinnati police said they believe the victims and the suspect are family members.
They haven't shared the suspect's name, age, or if he has a criminal history.
Police said the Criminal Investigation Section is now investigating and the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office is involved.
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