Multiple lanes blocked on I-75 in Sharonville after a crash

KELLY: NOW ON WLWT NEWS 5 TODAY, THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF PULLING OUT A GUN IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY KROGER. MEGAN MITCHELL WALKS US THROUGH THE 911 CALLS JUST RELEASED. COLIN: PLUS, NEW COVID-19 BOOSTERS ROLLING OUT. WHO’S ELIGIBLE AND WHERE THE VACCINES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHIPPED, NEXT. RANDI: PAUSING THE STORMY AND WE ARE FINALLY PAUSING THE STORMY PATTERN. HOW LONG THE COMFY AIR STICKS AROUND AND A WEEKEND OUTLOOK THAT WILL GIVE YOU FLASHBACKS TO LABOR DAY. >> THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 TODAY, LEADING THE WAY. KELLY: 5:00, IS WEDNESDAY. HOPEFULLY YOU’RE GETTING INTO THE SWING OF THE WEEK. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M KELLY RIPPIN. COLIN: I’M COLIN MAYFIELD. THE MONDAYEST TUESDAY EVER. LET’S GO TO RANDI RICO TO TALK ABOUT THAT FORECAST. WE HAD FOOTBALL CANCELED ALREADY. IT’LL BE NICE WEATHER FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE PRACTICE. RANDI: ANYTHING OUTSIDE TODAY OR TOMORROW OR FRIDAY WILL BE NICE. KELLY: YOU’RE PROBABLY AVOIDED A LOT OF MUD BY HAVING FOOTBALL CANCELED. RANDI: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE THE STAIN STICK AFTER PRACTICE EVERY NIGHT. THREE DRY DAYS, BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE WEEKEND YOU WILL SEE MORE ACTION ON THE LIFE RADAR. IT IS A QUIET START TO THE MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG TO START THE DAY. AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK TOWARDS THE CASINO, THINGS ARE LOOKING ALL RIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THE HUMIDITY IS DROPPING DOWN. IT WILL BE A COMFORTABLE DAY. 64 DEGREES IN CINCINNATI. THAT COMFY AIR, BY TOMORROW MORNING, DOWN TO THE 50’S TO GET THE DAY ROLLING. TODAY AND TOMORROW, FRIDAY, ALL REALLY COMFORTABLE. BY THE TIME WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND THE HUMIDITY GOES BACK UP AND SO TO THE RAIN CHANCES. THIS MORNING EXPECT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THE USUAL SPOTS COULD HAVE FOG. BY LUNCHTIME MID-70’S. GREAT WEATHER TO GET OUTSIDE. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE RETURN OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS BY KICKOFF, COMING UP. COLIN: WE WILL BE BACK TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE WEEKEND. THE SEARCH FOR A SUSPECT CONTINUES THIS MORNING AFTER POLICE SAY A MAN PULLED A GUN IN A BUSY GROCERY STORE. KELLY: KROGER CUSTOMERS ARE DESCRIBING THE CHAOS AS THEY RAN FOR COVER ALONG WITH EMPLOYEES. WLWT NEWS 5’S MEGAN MITCHELL IS HERE WITH A LOOK AT THE FRANTIC CALLS FOR HELP. THIS IS A MONDAY AND TASK WE ALL DO AND CERTAINLY NOT SOMEWHERE YOU EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN. MEGAN: THAT IS IT. CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES BOTH CALLED 911 IN THE MOMENTS AFTER SOMEONE PULLED A GUN INSIDE THE STORE. NO SHOTS WERE FIRED BUT CUSTOMERS TELL US IT WAS SCARY SITUATION. >> THERE’S A GUY IN NORWOOD KROGER WITH A GUN. EVERYBODY IS RUNNING OUT. >> OK. DID YOU HEAR ANY SHOTS FIRED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? >> NO, NOT YET. MY HUSBAND JUST RAN OUT AND THE EMPLOYEES RAN OUT. MEGAN: CALLS CAME ONE AFTER ANOTHER MONDAY EVENING WARNING OF A MAN WITH A GUN INSIDE THE KROGER ON MONTGOMERY ROAD. WITNESSES SAY TWO GROUPS WERE FIGHTING EACH OTHER WHEN A MAN PULLED OUT A GUN AND POINTED IT AT SEVERAL PEOPLE. THAT’S WHEN THEY SAY EVERYONE STARTED RUNNING. >> WHAT’S GOING ON THERE? >> I DON’T KNOW. WE’RE HIDING BACK HERE IN THE BACK. THERE’S SCREAMING AND YELLING, PEOPLE RUNNING EVERYWHERE. I DON’T WHAT’S GOING ON. >> I WAS JUST SITTING IN THE CAR WHEN PEOPLE STARTED SCREAMING HE HAD A GUN INSIDE KROGER. DON’T GO IN THERE. MEGAN: NORWOOD POLICE SAY NO SHOTS WERE FIRED AND NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT IT COULD HAVE ENDED A LOT WORSE. POLICE ARE NOW LOOKING AT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WHICH HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MEGAN MITCHELL, WLWT NEWS 5. COLIN: THANK YOU FOR UPDATING US. THERE WAS ALSO A DEADLY SHOOTING JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AWAY FROM THE STORE THE SAME DAY. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IF THE TWO ARE CONNECTED. KELLY: FLOOD VICTIMS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY ARE GETTING MUCH NEEDED HELP. GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR VISITED PERRY COUNTY ARMED WITH ALMOST $12 MILLION. THE GOVERNOR SAYING THE MONEY WILL BE USED THERE FOR WATER TREATMENT PROJECTS. FLOYD COUNTY WILL GET $2.5 MILLION FOR 20,000 FEET OF WATERLINES. THE FIRST OF THE ALMOST 300 TEMPORARY TRAILERS ALSO ARRIVED IN EASTERN KENTUCKY FROM LOUISIANA. THOSE WERE DONATED TO GIVE PEOPLE A SHORT-TERM PLACE TO STAY. THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE NEED FOR THOSE TRAILERS IS SIGNIFICANT. 299 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLACED, AND ABOUT 900 FAMILIES ARE STILL ON THE WAIT LIST. COLIN: TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY YOU CAN DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO HELP KIDS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AS THEY START A NEW SCHOOL YEAR AFTER THE DEVASTATING FLOODING. MIANA MASSEY IS LIVE AT THE BOONE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT’S TRANSPORTATION BUILDING THIS MORNING. HOW IS THE STUFF THE BUS CAMPAIGN GOING? MIANA: IT IS GOING PRETTY WELL. FOR MORE THAN A WEEK SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN COLLECTING SUPPLIES AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING AND DONATED SUPPLIES. THE BUS IS FILLED TO THE BRIM. NOT ONLY ARE THEY STOPPING THIS BUS, THEY ARE DONATING 80 IT ALSO. NOT JUST ONE BUS BUT TWO. THE NEED IS GREAT IN PERRY COUNTY. MOST SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE CONSIDERED UNFIT TO OPEN AND THE FEW SCHOOL BUSES THEY HAD WERE DESTROYED IN THE FLOODING. BOONE COUNTY IS STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE, NAUGHTILY SENDING OFF TWO OF THEIR EXTRA TRANSPORTATION BUSES, BUT THERE ALSO STUFFING THEM WITH ALL SORTS OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES FROM PENCILS AND PENS TO BOOKBAGS AND CLEANING SUPPLIES. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO GIVE BACK IN A MAJOR WAY. >> THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE HAS BEEN AMAZING. I MEAN, WE’VE GOT TWO COMPLETELY FILLED BUSES RIGHT NOW. AND WE’VE HAD PEOPLE SHOW UP FROM RETIRED TEACHERS ALL ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY FROM NEWPORT, COVINGTON, HERE IN BURLINGTON AREA, HEBRON, ALL OVER BOONE COUNTY, AND FOLKS WHO JUST SHOW UP WITH A LITTLE BOX OR SOME WITH MANY BIG BOXES. MIANA: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR DONATIONS. YOU CAN BRING THEM RIGHT HERE TO THE BOONE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION BUILDING ON LOT C ON NORTH BEND ROAD RIGHT BEHIND STEPHENS ELEMENTARY. YO

Multiple lanes blocked on I-75 in Sharonville after a crash

Updated: 6:03 AM EDT Sep 7, 2022

The two left lanes on southbound I-75 in Sharonville are blocked after a crash, Wednesday morning.Click the video player above to watch other morning headlines from WLWT News 5The crash was reported by the Ohio Department of Transportation at 5:45 just south of the I-275 interchange. Delays are minimal at this time, but could grow as morning traffic increases.Traffic is backed up past the I-275 interchange and into Butler County.No injuries have been reported with this incident.For live traffic updates, click here.This story will be updated with the latest information as it comes in

SHARONVILLE, Ohio —

The two left lanes on southbound I-75 in Sharonville are blocked after a crash, Wednesday morning.

Click the video player above to watch other morning headlines from WLWT News 5

The crash was reported by the Ohio Department of Transportation at 5:45 just south of the I-275 interchange.

Delays are minimal at this time, but could grow as morning traffic increases.

Traffic is backed up past the I-275 interchange and into Butler County.

No injuries have been reported with this incident.

For live traffic updates, click here.

This story will be updated with the latest information as it comes in