BREAKING NEWS OR JUST A TERRIBLE STORY REHE TONIGHT WITNESSES SAYING A TEENAGE BOY WAS SHOT FROM BEHIND WHILEIMPLY S WALKING ACROSS THE STREET IN AVONDALE TONIGHT AND GOOD EVENING TO YOU. I’M SHAREPALA AND I’M ASHLEY KIRKLAND AND RIGHT NOW CINCINNATI POLICE HAVE A LARGE AREA BLOCKED OFF AT READING ROAD IN ROCKDALE AVENUE AS THEY IN VESTIGATE IN WLWT NEWS 5 STAND GRIFFIN. IS THERE LIVE FROM THAT SCENE? DAN WHAT D WOE KNOW SO FAR? WELL ASHLEY, I CAN TELL YOU IT’S AN EXTENSIVE SCENE HERE GOING WELL BEHIND ME WITNESSES. TELL ME THAT A TEEN BOYAS W WALKING ACROSS READING ROAD HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE PLETHORA OF EVIDENCE MKERSAR HERE. WE’RE TOLD HE’S NOW AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION THE SITUATION SO SERIOUS THAT HOMICIDE IS INVESTATIGING TONIGHT. I RAN OUTDESI WITHOUT MY WALK OR BECAUSE A CHILD IS JUST SOMETHING ARODUN FOR IT JENNIFER FOSTER RUSHED TO THE SCENE AT READING ROAD AND ROCKDALE AVENUE WITNESSES. SAY A TEEN BOY WAS SHOT FMRO BEHIND IN A DRIVE-BY AND BROAD DAYLIGHT FOSTER QUICKLY REALIZED THE TEEN IS SOMEONE SHE KNOWS I GOT JUST PASSED IN THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, AND HE KNOCKED ON MY DOOR YESTERDAY MORNGNI, AND HE SAID MR. LEE AND HIS JOE PACKAGE BECAUSE YOU DON’T EVEN WANT TO ORRDE DOG TREATS WITH YOU. AND I SAID, THANK YOU. BE EDDIE. HE WENT ON UP THE STAIRS. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT ABOUT 7:30 TONIGHT AND YOUR FAMILY DOLLAR ON THE STREET CORNER A SIGN FROM CINCINNATI WORKS PROMOTING FATHERHOOD BROTHERHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD TO STOP VIONCLEE IN THE STREETS MITCH MORRIS SAYS, IT’S A SAD NIGHT IN THE CITY. WELL, MY GUYSAS W JUST UP HERE WORKIN G.TONIGHT BECAUSE WE CAME OUT HE AT 4:30 AND WORKED AND WORDKE TO A STORE RAINING RIGHT ORVE HERE IN THIS LOT RIGHT HERE. AND SO WE’RE AT THE START RAINING WE CAUSED IT OFF WHEN A HALF HOUR LATER. WE GOT A CALL. A SHOOTING UP HERE. SO WE BACK UP HERE NOW WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN MARRSKE ON THE GROUND AND FRUSTRATION AND HEARTACHE IN THE AIR. THIS COMMUNITY IS TRAUMATIZED BY ANOTHER SOTHOING ALL I KNOW SOMEBODY’S HER REAL BAD RIGHT NOW. ' ’SIT A FAMILY THAT I WE JUST NEED TO PRAY FOR. AND TONIGHT AS I MENTIONED ALL OF THOSE MARKERS, I’M LOOKING AT 15ND A 16 RIGHT NOW. THOSE ARE CASINGS FROM THIS SHOOTING RIGHT NOW. WE ARE TOLD THERE IS NO INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO SUSPECTS OR THE VEHICLE INVOLVED. WE’LL KEEP WORKING THIS SCENE AND BRING YOU THE VYER LATEST AS WE GET
Police: 4 teenagers arrested in shooting death of 16-year-old in Avondale
Updated: 5:33 PM EDT Aug 17, 2021
Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old in Cincinnati's Avondale neighborhood.On June 21, officers responded to a reported shooting in the 3500 block of Reading Road. When they arrived at the scene, they found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound, police said.The 16-year-old was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, where he died from his injuries three days later.Witnesses at the scene told WLWT that a teenage boy was crossing Reading Road when a car crept up and shot him. The vehicle then took off, witnesses said."I ran outside without my walker because a child is just something you run for," neighbor Jennifer Foster said.Foster rushed to the scene at Reading Road and quickly realized the teen was someone she knew."I just passed him this morning, you know, and he knocked on my door yesterday morning, he said, 'Ms. Jenn, this your package, because you're the only one ordered dog, treats for your dog' and I said, 'Thank you baby' and he went on up the stairs and stuff," she said.On Tuesday, The Cincinnati Police Department's Homicide Unit arrested and charged a 15-year-old boy, a 14-year-old boy, a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy in relation to the death of the 16-year-old.
Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old in Cincinnati's Avondale neighborhood.
On June 21, officers responded to a reported shooting in the 3500 block of Reading Road. When they arrived at the scene, they found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound, police said.
The 16-year-old was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, where he died from his injuries three days later.
Witnesses at the scene told WLWT that a teenage boy was crossing Reading Road when a car crept up and shot him. The vehicle then took off, witnesses said.
"I ran outside without my walker because a child is just something you run for," neighbor Jennifer Foster said.
Foster rushed to the scene at Reading Road and quickly realized the teen was someone she knew.
"I just passed him this morning, you know, and he knocked on my door yesterday morning, he said, 'Ms. Jenn, this your package, because you're the only one ordered dog, treats for your dog' and I said, 'Thank you baby' and he went on up the stairs and stuff," she said.
On Tuesday, The Cincinnati Police Department's Homicide Unit arrested and charged a 15-year-old boy, a 14-year-old boy, a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy in relation to the death of the 16-year-old.
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