There have been 29 mass shootings in the Greater Cincinnati area since 2015. Nine people were shot in Over-the-Rhine overnight, which is the fourth mass shooting in the region this year.
The FBI defines a mass shooting as any shooting with four or more victims.
The shooting near Main and 13th streets had more casualties than any shooting in the city since the Cameo nightclub shooting in 2017. In that incident, two people died and 17 people were injured at the East End club.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, the shooting in Over-the-Rhine is the 400th mass shooting in the country so far in 2022.
Cincinnati shootings: What the statistics show
Prior to this weekend, there had been 242 people shot in Cincinnati since Jan. 1, according to Cincinnati police data. There were nearly an identical number of shootings during the same period last year.
There have been 18 people shot in Over-the-Rhine so far this year, of those, 17 survived. There was a double shooting in June in the same block as Sunday's shooting, and a triple shooting in the 1700 block of Vine Street earlier this month.
During the same period last year, there were 24 people shot in the neighborhood. Three of those victims died.
The Cincinnati Police Department is holding a press conference at noon to give updates about the shooting.
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