At least nine people were shot during a mass shooting in Over-the-Rhine Sunday. Cincinnati police said it happened at the corner of 13th and Main streets around 1:30 am According to police, that’s where one person fired into a crowd outside a bar. Officials said a police officer discharged their weapon while responding to the scene. Police say they do not know if the shooter was hit but did say the shooter was actively shooting when the officer fired at them. Surveillance video shows the initial panic of many patrons along Main Street as shots began to ring out. All of the victim’s were found at the scene on 13th and Main streets. Police said none of the victim’s injuries were life-threatening. Cincinnati police gave first aid to a lot of the victims on the scene, applying tourniquets to gunshot wounds. Cincinnati police also transported some of the victims in their cruisers while others self transported to hospitals. It’s unclear at this time which hospitals they were taken to. The suspect fled the scene, police say, and is not yet in custody. The suspect has been described as wearing a white shirt and dark pants. Police said officers used flash bangs for crowd control in the aftermath of the shooting. Lindsay Swadner, the owner of The Hub in Over-the-Rhine, said she heard 30 shots and walked outside where she saw multiple people with gunshot wounds. Swadner said after that, that’s when the chaos erupted. People began to run and find safety moments after they were enjoying a night out with friends and family. The Hub became a safe haven, with multiple people running inside to seek cover and safety.” There was probably about 25 to 30 shots fired off in two separate rounds.You had first where it went ‘bang, bang, bang, bang,’ we all start looking around going, ‘Was it over?’ And then you heard ‘bang, bang, bang, bang’ and everyone started running inside of wherever you could go,” Swadner recalled. “And so we started pulling people inside. I made sure everyone was inside, I walked up the street to see what happened and there was, of course, more shooting victims, I’m not sure how many.” people seeking cover inside The Hub was a wedding party. There was also a separate shooting at the Banks earlier Sunday morning. WLWT is told the two shootings aren’t believed to be related. We are working to learn more about that incident. If anyone has information on either shooting, they are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040. This is a developing story.
At least nine people were shot during a mass shooting in Over-the-Rhine Sunday.
Cincinnati police said it happened at the corner of 13th and Main streets around 1:30 am
According to police, that’s where one person fired into a crowd outside a bar.
Officials said a police officer discharged their weapon while responding to the scene. Police say they do not know if the shooter was hit but did say the shooter was actively shooting when the officer fired at them.
Surveillance video shows the initial panic of many patrons along Main Street as shots began to ring out.
All of the victim’s were found at the scene on 13th and Main streets.
Police said none of the victim’s injuries were life-threatening.
Cincinnati police gave first aid to a lot of the victims on the scene, applying tourniquets to gunshot wounds. Cincinnati police also transported some of the victims in their cruisers while others self transported to hospitals. It’s unclear at this time which hospitals they were taken to.
The suspect fled the scene, police say, and is not yet in custody. The suspect has been described as wearing a white shirt and dark pants.
Police said officers used flash bangs for crowd control in the aftermath of the shooting.
Lindsay Swadner, the owner of The Hub in Over-the-Rhine, said she heard 30 shots and walked outside where she saw multiple people with gunshot wounds.
Swadner said after that, that’s when the chaos erupted. People began to run and find safe moments after they were enjoying a night out with friends and family.
The Hub became a safe haven, with multiple people running inside to seek cover and safety.
“There was probably about 25 to 30 shots fired off in two separate rounds. You had first where it went ‘bang, bang, bang, bang,’ we all start looking around going, ‘Was it over?’ And then you heard ‘bang, bang, bang, bang’ and everyone started running inside of wherever you could go,” Swadner recalled. “And so we started pulling people inside. I made sure everyone was inside, I walked up the street to see what happened and there was, of course, more shooting victims, I’m not sure how many.”
She added that among the people seeking cover inside The Hub was a wedding party.
There was also a separate shooting at the Banks earlier Sunday morning. WLWT is told the two shootings aren’t believed to be related. We are working to learn more about that incident.
If anyone has information on either shooting, they are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.
This is a developing story.