Crews respond to report of fire, Sixth & Central near Queensgate

MIDDLETOWN POLICE DRAWN INTO A SHOOTOUT IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. NEIGHBORS TELL US WHAT THEY SAW BEFORE THE BULLETS STARTED TO FLY. PLUS, MORE THAN 70 GUNS BOUGHT ONLINE WITH STOLEN CREDIT CARD NUMBERS SHIPPED TO CINCINNATI. INVESTIGATORS TRACKED DOWN THE SCHEME TO TEN PEOPLE AND THE CHARGES THEY’RE FACING. YES, IT IS STILL FREEZING, BUT MILDER DAYS ARE ON THE WAY. THE TIME LINE FOR A STRAY SHOWER TODAY AND WHAT TO WEAR FOR ALL THE BIG EVENTS IN TOWN THIS WEEK. THIS IS W L W E. T NEWS 5 TODAY. LEADING THE WAY. WELL, WE HAVE A THEME IN OUR WEATHER FOR THE WEEK. CHILLY TEMPERATURES, ESPECIALLY AS WE START THE DAY. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON AND I’M LACEY ROBERTS. AND THAT MEANS DIAL UP THAT HEAT AND NOTCH A COUPLE OF NOTCHES. I DID. AND GIVE YOUR KIDS THOSE EXTRA LAYERS ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL. LET’S CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO. SHE’S TIMING OUT HOW LONG WILL STAY IN THE THIRTIES TODAY. WHY TODAY? IT’S JUST. JUST A STARTING POINT. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS IS THE COLDEST START FOR THE NEXT WEEK. SO THINGS ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT’S JUST THAT WE DIG OURSELVES A BIG OLD GET OUT OF TO START WITH. SO THIS MORNING WE ARE STARTING OUT ONCE AGAIN WITH A FROST ADVISORY FOR THE COUNTIES IN THE LIGHT BLUE. A FREEZE WARNING IN THE DEEPER BLUE OR PURPLE TONE. ALL OF THAT GOES UNTIL 9 A.M. AND IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN GREATER CINCINNATI, IT IS GENERALLY A PRETTY CHILLY START HERE. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW IN CINCINNATI, WE’VE GOT 37 DEGREES. DELL, HIGHS DOWN TO 31. SAME THING IN LOVELAND, 30 CURRENTLY IN HARRISON, 34, MIDDLETOWN IN SPRINGBURN, 32, FLORENCE AND INDEPENDENCE. SO IT’S A CHILLY START. PRETTY CLOSE TO FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF GREATER CINCINNATI. BUT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE IMPROVING AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON. NOW YOU’LL NOTICE HERE, HIGH TEMPERATURES UP TO AROUND 60 OR SO, EXCEPT ACROSS THOSE NORTHERN STRETCHES WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT THICKER AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. BUT THIS IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT FROM WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY. SO FOR TODAY, PLAN ON TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING FOR THE MORNING RUSH OR INTO THE FORTIES BY ABOUT NINE OR 10 A.M. AND BY THE TIME WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON UPPER FIFTIES TO RIGHT AROUND 60 DEGREES NOW WE SHOULD BE CLOSER TO 70 THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND THERE’S ONE DAY THIS WEEK THAT WILL LOOK LIKE THAT. WE’LL TALK ABOUT WHICH STAGE OF DRESS FOR SPRING WHICH IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE WINTERTIME COMING UP. RANDI, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. A SWAT STANDOFF, A SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE IN MIDDLETOWN AND A PERSON RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. POLICE TELL US THAT SUSPECT IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. LIKE YOU SAID, STEPHEN, AFTER THAT SHOOTOUT. NOW, IT ALL HAPPENED AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON PARK LANE NEWS WLWT NEWS 5 WEATHER CHARLES IS LIVE AT THE MIDDLETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING WITH THE LATEST ON THIS ONGOING INVESTIGATION. GOOD MORNING, RICHARD. GOOD MORNING. GETTING A CHANCE TO TALK WITH CHIEF BURKE HERE AT THE MIDDLETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE TELLS US THAT OHIO BCI WILL BE THE LEAD ORGANIZATION INVESTIGATING THIS OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN THE SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE. THAT SUSPECT, AS YOU MENTIONED, WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. BUT AT THIS TIME, LOTS OF INFORMATION AND STILL UNFOLDING AS TO WHAT LED TO THIS INCIDENT. NOW, OHIO BCI, AGAIN, THE LEAD ORGANIZATION INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT, CONTINUING AT THIS TIME. ACCORDING TO MIDDLETOWN, POLICE SUSPECT HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE BUTLER COUNTY CRISIS TEAM. THE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM LATER CALLED IN, BUT THE SUSPECT FIRING AT OFFICERS. MIDDLETOWN POLICE CHIEF DAVID BURKE SAYS THE SUSPECT WAS HIT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE FOOT AND THE SHIN. A STATE INVESTIGATORS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. NEIGHBORS TELL US THEY NEVER EXPECTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT AT THIS TIME, THIS WAS JUST GOING OUT THE BUS ON THE ROAD LIGHT COMING OUT FROM MADISON GARRITY. YOU’LL SEE THE COPS OUT HERE IN THIS CASE. I’M JUST SURPRISED. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT I WE’LL HAVE IT HERE. I WILL. THIS IS THE SECOND OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING TO TAKE PLACE IN MIDDLETOWN OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS. THIS DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE BODY CAMS. AGAIN, THE OHIO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUING INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME. JUST BEGINNING THEIR PROCESS. WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BRING YOU MORE REPORTING LIVE THIS MORNING. RICHARD CHILES, WLWT NEWS 5. THANK YOU, RICHARD. AND INVESTIGATE. IT IS UNDERWAY THIS MORNING AFTER A BODY WAS PULLED OUT OF THE OHIO RIVER NEAR ANDERSON FERRY LAST NIGHT. BUTTE COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS CONFIRMED THE VICTIM IS A MAN, BUT NO OTHER DETAILS WERE RELEASED. WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING UP TO HIS BODY BEING FOUND. AND OF COURSE, WE’LL BRING THOSE DETAILS TO YOU HERE ON AIR AND ONLINE AT WLWT. ECOM ALSO DEVELOPING THIS MORNING, TEN PEOPLE ARE FACING FEDERAL CHARGES FOR BUYING MORE THAN 70 GUNS ILLEGALLY. PROSECUTORS SAY THE DEFENDANTS BOUGHT THE GUNS FROM OTHER STATES AND HAD THEM SHIPPED TO CINCINNATI. WLWT NEWS 5 MEREDITH STUTZ IS HERE WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SUSPECTS AND HOW LONG THEY COULD SPEND IN PRISON IF CONVICTED HERE. MEREDITH. YES, GOOD MORNING. YOU DEFINITELY WHEN TO LISTEN TO THE DETAILS OF THIS STORY. SO WE DO KNOW THAT THE INDICTMENT WAS JUST EIGHT UNSEALED ON FRIDAY UNSEALED. BUT AS OF THE TEN COKE CONSPIRATORS INDICTED, EIGHT OF THEM ARE FROM CINCINNATI. NOW, PROSECUTORS SAY THE DEFENDANTS BOUGHT THE GUNS IN 2022 USING A STOLEN CREDIT CARD INFORMATION AND HAD THEM SHIPPED TO CINCINNATI WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HIDE THE IDENTITY OF THE TRUE BUYERS. IN TWO SEPARATE INDICTMENTS, THE TEN SUSPECTS ARE ACCUSED OF SHIPPING 74 GUNS TO CINCINNATI AND SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINING AT LEAST 47 OF THEM. RODERICK JOE ALLEN IS THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS NOT YET BEEN ARRESTED. NOW, IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS, YOU ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THE ATF. WE WE TALKED WITH JEFF MONROE, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF 2 TO 3 IN LEBANON. HE EXPLAINS WHY LYING ON REQUIRED FORMS DURING A GUN BUY IS A CRIME. THEY CALL THAT A STRAW PURCHASE. ANY TIME THAT SOMEONE COMES INTO A GUN DEALER AND THEY AND THEY PURCHASE A FIREARM, THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT WHAT’S CALLED A 4473. IT’S A BACKGROUND CHECK FORM. AND ON THAT FORM, THEY HAVE TO SAY THAT IT IS ACTUALLY FOR THEM. IN THIS CASE, THEY WERE SAYING IT WAS FOR THEM, BUT IT WAS REALLY FOR SOMEONE ELSE. IF YOU LIE ON THAT FORM, IT’S A FEDERAL OFFENSE AND THEY’RE BEING CHARGED FOR THAT. RIGHT NOW, IT’S NOT CLEAR YET IF ANY OF THE 47 GUNS THAT WERE BOUGHT HAVE BEEN CONFISCATED BY THE SUSPECTS ARE ALSO CHARGED WITH PGP FRAUD FOR ALLEGEDLY APPLYING AND RECEIVING MORE THAN $120,000 IN PANDEMIC RELIEF MONEY FOR BUSINESSES.

Crews respond to a report of a fire on Sixth and Central near Queensgate

Updated: 11:24 AM EDT Apr 25, 2023

Crews respond to a report of a fire on Sixth and Central near Queensgate. It is believed to be in the homeless camp and is obstructing access to the highway.For live traffic updates, click here.Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

CINCINNATI —

Crews respond to a report of a fire on Sixth and Central near Queensgate. It is believed to be in the homeless camp and is obstructing access to the highway.

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