At least four people have died among 18 people people shot in a spate of shootings during an “extremely violent night” across the US city of Cincinnati, according to local media and police.
The first shooting took place in Walnut Hills around 12 a.m. on Lincoln and Gilbert avenues. Police said three people were shot. There is no word on their conditions.
The second shooting took place around 12:34 a.m. when four people were shot on Chalfonte Avenue in Avondale.
First responders found one victim at the scene suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim, Antonio Blair, 21, was taken to University Hospital where he died from his injuries.
Three other gunshot victims were taken to University Hospital via private conveyance. Their identities are not being released, police said.
News outlets reported the shootings took place within 60 to 90 minutes of each other, but Assistant Police Chief Paul Neudigate told reporters that they “seem to be separate independent incidents but horrific and tragic.”
Police didn’t immediately provide details about the fourth fatal shooting but confirmed that it occurred on the city’s West End, where television news reports indicated that one person was shot later Sunday morning and was pronounced dead at the scene.
No suspect information was immediately available in any of the cases.❐
