1 person shot in West End, police say

>> PLENTY OF LOCAL TRAVELERS ARE FEELING THE PAIN OF SOUTHWEST AIRLINES’ HOLIDAY TRAVEL HEADACHE. GOOD EVENING I’M ASHLEY KIRKLEN THE AIRLINE CANCELLED MORE THAN 25-HUNDRED OF ITS FLIGHTS TODAY AND ALREADY MORE THAN 23-HUNDRED FOR TOMORROW. AND PASSENGERS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET WHERE THEY’RE GOING. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S TODD DYKES IS LIVE AT C-V-G WITH A LOOK AT WHERE THINGS STAND TONIGHT. TODD. >> TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT IS THE KEY PHRASE RIGHT NOW. TALES OF TRAVEL TROUBLE ARE NOT NEW DURING THE KIND OF BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON WE’RE IN RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS NEW IS WHEN AN AIRLINE IN THIS CASE, SOUTHWEST HAS WHAT U-S TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG CALLS A COMPLETE "MELTDOWN." RECEIVING A VOUCHER FROM SOUTHWEST AIRLINES BECAUSE HER FLIGHT GOT CANCELED TUESDAY DID NOT MAKE CLAUDIA PRATT FEEL TERRIBLY CONFIDENT THIS MORNING. >> "WELL, MY CONCERN IS THAT SOUTHWEST WON'T RECOVER FROM THIS AND THEY MAY NOT BE AROUND FOR ME TO USE THAT VOUCHER. THIS SEEMS LIKE A REALLY BAD PROBLEM FOR SOUTHWEST." >> THAT "REALLY BAD PROBLEM" BEGAN DURING THE RECENT WINTER STORM. BUT IT’S CONTINUING BECAUSE OF THE WAY SOUTHWEST OPERATES ITS NETWORK OF PLANES AND BECAUSE OF OUTDATED SOFTWARE USED TO CONNECT FLIGHT CREWS TO THOSE PLANES. >> "I HEARD THAT SOUTHWEST DID NOT KNOW WHERE HALF THE AIRPLANES WERE, IF NOT ALL OF THEM." >> WHILE HE’S SMILING NOW, JIM METZGER WAS NOT THRILLED TO LEARN THE PLANE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING HIM BACK TO CINCINNATI IS STILL STUCK ON A TARMAC IN THE NORTHEAST. >> "NO SOUTHWEST. AND THEN WE FOUND OUT EVERY OTHER AIRLINE WAS RUNNING. THEY WERE ALL RUNNING EXCEPT SOUTHWEST. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE DROVE TO BOSTON TO CATCH DELTA HERE, AND WE MADE IT." >> METZGER DID WHAT WHAT ALL STRANDED SOUTHWEST FLIERS ARE BEING URGED TO DO. HE KEPT RECEIPTS OF THE EXTRA MONEY HE SPENT TO GET BACK TO HIS HOUSE IN HYDE PARK. >> "WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION. AND IF IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS SOUTHWEST GIVES US WHAT WE’VE SPENT, HEY, FINE." >> THE UNCERTAINTY OF ’IF AND WHEN’ HE’LL BE MADE FINANCIALLY WHOLE BY SOUTHWEST IS ON METZGER’S MIND, BUT HE HAS A MORE PRESSING CONCERN - AS DO SO MANY TRAVELERS WHOSE JOURNEYS HAVE TAKEN FAR LONGER THAN EXPECTED. >> "I’M JUST TIRED. I’M 88 YEARS-OLD, AND I’M JUST DAMN TIRED. EXCUSE ME." TODD: "NO, YOU’RE ALRIGHT." METZGER: "DARN TIRED." TODD: "YES, SIR." >> THE SITUATION FOR EXHAUSTED SOUTHWEST FLIERS IS NOT GOING TO GET MUCH BETTER IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. THE AIRLINES’ C-E-O ROBERT JORDAN SAYS SOUTHWEST WILL OPERATE A REDUCED SCHEDULE FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS. JORDAN HOPES THINGS WILL BE " “BACK ON TRACK BEFORE NEXT WEEK.” TODD DYKES, WLWT NEWS FIVE. >> STORIES LIKE THAT YOU FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN STUCK ALL THESE HOURS. TODD YOU TALKED ABOUT ADVICE FOR SOUTHWEST PASSENGERS, LIKE KEEPING RECEIPTS FOR EXTRA EXPENSES. DO YOU KNOW HOW AND WHEN THE AIRLINE WILL REIMBURSE PEOPLE? >> IT’S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR RIGHT NOW. ON THE AIRLINES’ WEBSITE, SOUTHWEST IS TELLING CUSTOMERS IMPACTED BY CANCELED OR DELAYED FLIGHTS BETWEEN THE 24TH OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY SECOND TO SUBMIT RECEIPTS. THE WEBSITE SAYS SOUTHWEST WILL WILL HONOR - QUOTE - "REASONABLE REQUESTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEALS, HOTEL, AND ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION.” >> THANKS, TODD. NEXT ON N-B-C NIGHTLY NEWS, SOUTHWEST’S C-E-O HAS APOLOGIZED. BUT WHAT MAKES THE AIRLINE SO VULNERABLE TO A MELTDOWN? THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS REMAIN STRANDED. WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BAGS PILING UP IN AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE AIRLINE’S PILOT UNION TOLD N-B-C NEWS THIS WEEK PILOTS ARE FRUSTRATED JUST LIKE PASSENGERS. >> PILOTS CANNOT GET HOTELS, THEY ARE SLEEPING IN AIRPORTS, THEY CANNOT GET TRANSPORTATION WHEN THEY DO GET TO A HOTEL. >> AHEAD ON NIGHTLY NEWS HOW SOUTHWEST’S COMMUNITY BASED SCHEDULING LED TO THIS CHRISTMAS CHAOS AND WHAT OTHER AIRLINES ARE DOING TO HELP SOUTHWEST PASSENGERS

1 person shot in West End, police say

Updated: 9:00 PM EST Jan 2, 2023

Police confirm one person was shot in West End on Wednesday evening. Police responded to Clark Street at approximately 5:53 p.m. on Wednesday after receiving reports of a person shot. Police say one person sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg. No other information has been released at this time.

CINCINNATI —

Police confirm one person was shot in West End on Wednesday evening.

Police responded to Clark Street at approximately 5:53 p.m. on Wednesday after receiving reports of a person shot.

Police say one person sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg.

No other information has been released at this time.