Multiple lanes blocked by crash on I-275 in Sharonville

STEPHEN ALLISON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. A PERSON IS DEAD AFTER AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING IN OVER-THE-RHINE. THIS HAPPENED ON EAST ELDER STREET IN HAMMER STREET AFTER 430 THIS MORNING. CINCINNATI POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED MANY DETAILS. NOW, HAMILTON COUNTY CORONER CONFIRMED A MALE VICTIM DID DIE. WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE, INCLUDING THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM. AND IF THERE ARE ANY SUSPECTS IN THIS LATEST HOMICIDE. A MAJOR POLICE RESPONSE OVERNIGHT NEAR NEWPORT ON THE LEVEE SHUT DOWN ROADS AND TWO BRIDGES OVERNIGHT. THIS ALL UNFOLDED AROUND TWO THIS MORNING. MULTIPLE NORTHERN KENTUCKY AGENCIES RESPONDED TO THIRD STREET AND MONMOUTH AND CINCINNATI POLICE WERE CALLED IN TO HELP CLOSE THE NEARBY BRIDGES. THEY SAY BYSTANDERS HEARD WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE GUNSHOTS COMING FROM THE LEVEES. ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. TWO PEOPLE ALERTED A SECURITY GUARD WHO CALLED POLICE. NOW, WE’RE TOLD NO SHOTS WERE FIRED. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ALL ROADS HAVE SINCE REOPENED. THIS IS AN EDGY NEIGHBORHOOD, STILL REELING AFTER A MAN SIMPLY DOING HIS JOB WAS SHOT AND KILLED EARLIER THIS WEEK. AND THE SEARCH FOR THAT SUSPECT IS STILL ON RIGHT NOW. AND TODAY, WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MAN THAT WAS KILLED. NICHOLAS KERNAN WAS AS A HUSBAND, A STEPFATHER, AND AS ONE BROTHER. EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM DESCRIBED HIM AS A HAPPY, JOYFUL MAN WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE. WE’RE TOLD JORDAN WAS DOING MULCH WORK AT AN APARTMENT ON BOURKE ON BELLEVUE AVENUE IN COFFEYVILLE THAT DAY. HE WAS WORKING WITH HIS TEAM FROM UPTOWN RENTAL PROPERTIES WHEN SOMEONE ALLEGEDLY CAME UP TO HIM, DEMANDED MONEY AND THEN SHOT AND KILLED HIM. THIS IS THE STAND UP GUY GOING TO WORK IN THE MORNING AND ENDING UP DEAD BECAUSE OF SOME RANDOM, HORRIFIC, HEARTBREAKING CRIME. NICK DOESN’T HAVE ENEMIES. HE’S A HE’S A SMILING, HAPPY GUY WHO WOULD GIVE THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK TO SOMEONE IF THEY WERE COLD. THERE IS A GO FUND ME SET UP FOR CONAN’S FAMILY TO HELP WITH FUNERAL EXPENSES OF JOHN. RENTAL PROPERTIES IS ALSO OFFERING A $10,000 REWARD FOR ANYONE WITH INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE SHOOTER. WE’RE STILL WAITING TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION FROM POLICE ON A SUSPECT IN THIS SHOOTING. THE MAN CHARGED IN A DEADLY SHOOTING AT A CLIFTON MOTEL APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT THE BUDGET HOST TOWN CENTER MOTEL ON CENTRAL PARKWAY MAY 15TH. THE 34 YEAR OLD ANTONIO SMITH WAS KILLED YESTERDAY. POLICE ARRESTED 35 YEAR OLD DEMARCO SMITH ON A MURDER WARRANT. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IF THE MEN KNEW EACH OTHER. TODAY, A JUDGE ISSUED A $1 MILLION BOND FOR SMITH ON THE MURDER CHARGE AND AN ADDITIONAL $25,000 BOND ON A WEAPONS CHARGE. TODAY MARKS THREE YEARS SINCE THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. ON MAY 25TH, 20, 20, FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN KNEELED ON FLOYD’S NECK FOR NEARLY 10 MINUTES, LEADING TO HIS DEATH AND SPARKING NATIONWIDE PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY. CHAUVIN AND THE THREE OTHER OFFICERS, FORMER OFFICERS INVOLVED, ALL OTHER PLED GUILTY OR WERE FOUND GUILTY FOR THEIR ROLES. LAWMAKERS HAVE SINCE TRIED TO PASS LEGISLATION BANNING CHOKEHOLDS, NO KNOCK WARRANTS AND OTHER MEASURES OF POLICE REFORM. A SERIES OF MEMORIAL EVENTS ARE BEING HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS TODAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MANY ARE HOSTED BY THE GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL. THE NONPROFIT GROUP IS RUN BY FLOYD’S FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ALSO COMMUNITY LEADERS. HAPPENING NOW, PREPARING FOR DISASTER LIKE THE KIND THAT SHOOK EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, TO ITS CORE BACK IN EARLY FEBRUARY. YEAH, THAT WAS HUGE THEN. AND THAT’S THE MISSION FOR LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, MANY OF WHOM CAME TOGETHER THIS MORNING TO MAP OUT OUR REGION’S RESPONSE. IF SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENED HERE. WLWT NEWS 5. TODD -- IS LIVE WITH MORE ON THE LHC. AND STEPHEN, YOU KNOW, SINCE CINCINNATI IS HOME TO SUCH A SIGNIFICANT VOLUME OF RAIL TRAFFIC LIKE YOU SEE BEHIND ME, ALSO BARGE TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY TRAFFIC EMERGENCY PLANNING IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS AROUND HERE AND THAT REALLY WAS EVIDENT DURING A TABLETOP TRAINING EXERCISE IN MOUNT HEALTHY THIS MORNING. YOU KNOW, IT’S THE KIND OF EVENT THAT HAS TAKEN ON HEIGHTENED MEANING BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, BACK IN FEBRUARY. THAT’S, OF COURSE, WHEN A NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN WENT OFF THE TRACKS LEADING TO A FIERY SITUATION THAT’S AND TOXIC CHEMICALS INTO THE AIR. THIS MORNING’S EXERCISE HERE IN HAMILTON COUNTY INVOLVED PRETEND TRAIN DERAILMENT IN THE HEART OF MADEIRA. IT STARTED LAST YEAR WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS SPENT ABOUT 12 HOURS DISCUSSING HOW TO RESPOND IN A FAKE DERAILMENT INVOLVING ETHANOL THAT CAUGHT FIRE. NOW WE ARE PICKING IT UP 12 HOURS INTO THE INCIDENT. THE FIRES ARE GOING OUT AND WE’RE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON SEARCHING FOR VICTIMS, GETTING THEM TREATED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. AND THEN THE HOSPITALS ARE DEALING WITH A MASS CASUALTY EVENT. AND THEN WE’RE ALSO FINALLY DEALING WITH EMERGENCY PUBLIC INFORMATION. NOW, THE TIMELINESS OF TODAY’S TRAINING EXERCISE REALLY DOES HIT CLOSE TO HOME BECAUSE OF THAT SITUATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN PALESTINE. EMERGENCY PLANNING EXPERT DOUG WOODSON, WHO YOU JUST HEARD FROM THERE, SAID IT’S TOO EARLY AT THIS POINT TO DRAW LESSONS FROM WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT CRISIS. HE’S WAITING UNTIL THERE’S A FULL AND FINAL ACCOUNTING OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT NORTHEASTERN OHIO COMMUNITY. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET IT ALL RIGHT AND NO SPECIFICS BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH LESSONS LEARNED HERE. FOR NOW, REPORTING LI

Multiple lanes blocked by crash on I-275 in Sharonville

Updated: 3:53 PM EDT May 25, 2023

Emergency crews have blocked off the two right lanes on westbound I-275 in Sharonville due to a crash Thursday afternoon.Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5The crash was reported by police at 3:36 p.m. near the Mosteller Road exit. Traffic is currently backed up to the Lebanon Road area.Slow traffic is getting by using the left lanes. Police ask for caution in the area while they work to remove the crash from the roadway. There is no timetable for when the crash will be cleared, alternate routes are advised for the time being. No injuries have been reported with this crash.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.For live traffic updates, click here.

SHARONVILLE, Ohio —

Emergency crews have blocked off the two right lanes on westbound I-275 in Sharonville due to a crash Thursday afternoon.

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The crash was reported by police at 3:36 p.m. near the Mosteller Road exit. Traffic is currently backed up to the Lebanon Road area.

Slow traffic is getting by using the left lanes. Police ask for caution in the area while they work to remove the crash from the roadway.

There is no timetable for when the crash will be cleared, alternate routes are advised for the time being.

No injuries have been reported with this crash.

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.

For live traffic updates, click here.