1 shot in OTR across from Findlay Market

CPD: 1 shot in OTR across from Findlay Market

Updated: June 2, 2024, 11:10 PM EDT

THE WAY. A shot and across the Rhine Near a crowd of shoppers leaving a man in the hospital. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. I’M CURTIS FULLER AND I’M LINDSAY STONE. FAMILIES AND ONGOERS WERE TERRIFYED AS THE BALLS RUN THROUGH ELM STREET. WLWT NEWS FIVE’s DAISY KERSHAW was on the scene and spent the day talking to witnesses. HE’S JOINING US LIVE TONIGHT WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THAT VICTIM IS DOING. DAISY. LINDSAY, A 28-YEAR-OLD, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY THE GROUP AND IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. POLICE TELL US HE WAS SHOT IN THE LEG TONIGHT. THE SUSPECT, NOW IDENTIFIED AS 25-YEAR-OLD RALPH BURNETT, IS BEHIND BARS HERE AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER. NOW, EARLIER, WHEN WE ARRIVED ON SCENE, THE AREA NEAR FINDLAY, WHERE THE SHOOTING TAKES PLACE, WAS ABSOLUTELY PACKED WITH KIDS, FAMILIES AND, OF COURSE, IN THAT CROWD, MANY FROWNED FACES AS WE WATCHED. O’CLOCK AND I HEARD BAM BAM, MAYBE, MAYBE FOUR BAM’S AND I LOOKED OVER THERE AND SAW A PERSON ON THE GROUND, BULLETS FLYING IN BRIGHT DAY, STEPS FROM FINDLAY MARKET ON A BUSY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, IN THE STREET ELM. OVER-THE-RHINE SENT A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN TO HOSPITAL. PEOPLE WORKING IN THE SHOPS ALONG THE STREET, DESCENDING THOSE CHAOTIC MOMENTS. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE RUNNING LOOKING AROUND THE STORES THERE, PEOPLE RUNNING INTO IT. MANY PEOPLE CLOSE THEIR DOORS. JUST A REALLY CHAOTIC SCENE, ALL IN A KEY OF FAMILIES FOR 30 YEARS AGO LAUGHING, SEEING KIDS AND MARRIAGE AND PARENTS AND SEEING THIS HAPPENING AND THE PARAMEDICS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, VERY, VERY. AND AS THIS ALL GOES ON, DISPATCH CALLS REVEAL MORE ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR THE SUSPECT, GETTING INFORMATION FROM WITNESSES. Here he is in the church right here, on the corner he also finds an elm, advising a PREMATURE. WE HAVE A SUSPECT ON THE LINE WHO WILL LEAVE THE CHURCH. HE REMAINS. HE PUT THE GUN. YOU WILL EXIT THE ELM STREET DOOR. GOOD. I NEED TWO PEOPLE AT THE DOOR STRADA ULMULUI. I NEED TWO PEOPLE IN THE BACK. CAMPBELL AND THE FINDLAY STREET DOOR advised him to come out with his hands up and down the steps. SINCE POLICE TAKEN 25-YEAR-OLD RALPH BARNETT INTO ARRESTING HIM FOR INFIRMARY ASSAULT, CROWDS OF ONGOERS KEEP AN EYE CLOSE ON THE SCENE. I PRAY FOR THE FAMILY INVOLVED. I HOPE EVERYONE IS WELL. I WAS able to talk to a lot of people who were there and witnessed all of this, and they said that while they are shaken and of course concerned for the man who was shot, that it will not stop them from come back and ENJOY THE AREA IN THE FUTURE. AND OF COURSE, ONCE THE SCENE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED, MANY PEOPLE RETURNED TO EATING AND SHOPPING IN THE AREA. NOW. RIGHT NOW, THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING, SO OF COURSE WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU ANY UPDATES WE LEARN MORE LIVE FROM THE HAMILTON COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER TONIGHT.

CPD: 1 shot in OTR across from Findlay Market

Updated: June 2, 2024, 11:10 PM EDT

According to Cincinnati police, a shooting Sunday afternoon on Elm Street in Over-the-Rhine, across from Findlay Square, struck one. Police say officers were dispatched to the scene at approximately 2:38 p.m. after receiving a call for a reported shooting. The victim, a 28-year-old man, was shot in the leg, according to police. He was transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and is listed in stable condition. “We were looking outside our shop window at the time and we heard bam, bam. Maybe, maybe four “bams” and I looked out. there and I saw a person on the ground,” recalled Bradley Hughes, who owns a store on Elm Street. Local workers describe chaos. “A few people ran, looking around the shops there, people running around, lots of them. of people closing their doors Just a really chaotic scene, all in a matter of about 30 seconds,” says store employee Gavin Taylor. Officers were later seen by WLWT crews actively searching the area for the alleged shooter. He was later identified by police as 25-year-old Ralph Burnette. Police say he was eventually apprehended after barricading himself inside a nearby church. Elm Street, which was previously temporarily closed in the area around Findlay Square, has since been fully reopened. little kids and strollers and parents and seeing this happen and the paramedics right in front of us, very, very worrying,” said Elijah Fidder, who was visiting the area with his family.

CINCINNATI —

According to Cincinnati police, a shooting Sunday afternoon on Elm Street in Over-the-Rhine, across from Findlay Square, struck one.

Police say officers were dispatched to the scene at approximately 2:38 p.m. after receiving a call for a reported shooting.

According to the police, the victim, a 28-year-old man, was shot in the leg. He was transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and is listed in stable condition.

“We were looking outside our shop window at the time and we heard bam, bam. Maybe, maybe four ‘bams,’ and I looked over there and I saw a person on the ground,” recalled Bradley Hughes, owner of a store on Elm St.

Local workers describe chaos.

“A few people came in, looking around the shops there, people running around, lots of people closing the doors. Just a really chaotic scene, all in about 30 seconds,” says store employee Gavin Taylor.

Officers were later seen by WLWT crews actively searching the area for the alleged shooter. He was later identified by police as 25-year-old Ralph Burnette. Police say he was eventually apprehended after barricading himself inside a nearby church.

Elm Street, which was previously temporarily closed in the area around Findlay Square, has since been fully reopened.

“Seeing the little kids and the strollers and the parents and seeing this happen and the paramedics right in front of us, very, very concerning,” said Elijah Fidder, who was visiting the area with his family.

Burnette now behind bars at the Hamilton County Justice Center.