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Suspect and bystander injured after shooting at Colerain Township Kroger

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Police: Suspect and bystander injured after shooting at Colerain Township Kroger

SO IT’S WITH BREAKING NEWS AND THIS BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE NEED TO BE HOSPITALIZED AFTER A POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING AT A KROGER STORE IN COLERAIN TOWNSHIP. THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US AT 6 PM. I’M MIKE DARDIS AND GOOD EVENING. I’M SHEREE PAOLELLO. IT ALL STARTED TODAY AROUND 4 PM. IT HAPPENED AT THE NORTH GATE KROGER, RIGHT OFF SPRINGDALE ROAD AND COLERAIN AVENUE, A VERY BUSY AREA. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU TONIGHT. DAISY KERSHAW AND TODD OF WLWT NEWS FIVE – ON THE SITE. LET’S START TONIGHT WITH TODD, WHO JUST TALKED TO EVEN MORE WITNESSES. HELLO, TODD. YES, I’VE BEEN TALKING A LOT IN THE LAST HOUR. AN HOUR AND A HALF. SHERRY AND MIKE, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THESE TWO PEOPLE. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SUSPECTS. BOTH WERE SHOT AND TAKEN TO AREA HOSPITALS. WE DON’T KNOW THEIR CONDITION. WE DON’T KNOW THEIR NAMES, AND WE DON’T KNOW THEIR MOTIVATIONS AT THIS TIME. BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS VERY BUSY KROGER STORE HERE ON SPRINGDALE ROAD IN COLERAIN TOWNSHIP IN THE 3600 BLOCK IS ACTUALLY IN A LOCKDOWN MODE IN RESPECT OF THE INVESTIGATION THAT IS NOW UNDERWAY. THIS ALL STARTED THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 4:00 PM. REPORT OF SOME KIND OF ACTIVE Shooter SITUATION NEAR ONE OF THE ENTRANCES. A WITNESS, A WOMAN WHO WORKS IN THE STORE. YOU’LL HEAR FROM HER IN A SECOND, SAID IT WAS MORE LIKE ON THE FIFTH THIRD SIDE. THERE IS A BANK IN THIS BUSY KROGER STORE. AND THAT’S WHERE THIS ALL TOOK PLACE. SO INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE STORE. THERE WAS SOME KIND OF PURSUIT AND A SHOOTING INVOLVED BY POLICE. AND AGAIN, THE TWO PEOPLE WERE, UM, HIT BY BULLETS, IDENTIFIED AS SUSPECTS AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THAT’S WHAT WE KNOW TONIGHT. NO INDICATION OF A MOTIVE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS CAUSED A TREMENDOUS ANXIETY, FEAR AND PANIC TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE KROGER STORE AND TO THE SHOPPERS. FIRST, LET’S LISTEN TO WHAT ONE OF THESE EMPLOYEES HAS TO SAY. IT SOUNDED LIKE FIREWORKS, BUT I SAW A LADY BACKING HER CAR AND THEN I LOOKED TO THE RIGHT AND ALL I SAW WAS A MAN WITH A GUN POINTING DOWN AND THEN I JUST START RUNNING, FLYING DOWN. AND I’M STILL RUNNING. I WALKED TO THE BISTRO AREA. I HEARED MORE THAN TEN SHOTS AND IT STILL GOING ON. AND THEN I JUST FLOWED OUT THE DOOR AND EVERYONE JUST RUN OUT. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THIS YOUNG WOMAN, MICAH LEWIS, WAS FEELING AND EXPERIENCING WHILE THE ORDE WAS TAKING PLACE. I TALKED TO SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE INSIDE. A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS SHOPPING SAID HE JUST FELL ON THE FLOOR AND PRAYED THE SHOOTER WOULDN’T COME DOWN THE AISLE HE WAS IN AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE ALL SHOPPING AT KROGER STORES IN THAT AREA. IT’S SUCH A BIG FOOTPRINT WE CAN ALL IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE. AND I’LL CLOSURE IT WITH THIS. YOU KNOW, THE HEROIC ACTS OF THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN DANGER WHEN THEY ENTERED THAT KROGER STORE, CHECKING AISLE BY AISLE, VISITING RELATED ROOMS BARRICADED OR STORE EMPLOYEES INSIDE WHO DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO THIS EVOLVED INTO AN INCREDIBLY DRAMATIC, INCREDIBLY HORRIBLE SITUATION. WE KNOW TWO PEOPLE, TWO SUSPECTS, WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR NOW, AND WE’RE REPORTING LIVE HERE IN COLERAIN TOWNSHIP TONIGHT. TODD — WLWT NEWS FIVE. TODD, THANKS. AND WE’RE WORKING TO GET CONDITIONS FOR THOSE SUSPECTS. NOTHING HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED TO US AS OF NOW. DAISY KERSHAW OF WLWT NEWS FIVE IS ALSO LIVE ON SITE RIGHT NOW AND OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES. DAISY, I KNOW YOU’VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? SO, MIKE SHEREE, THAT’S TRUE. LIKE YOU SAID, WE’RE STILL WORKING TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE CONDITION OF THE SUSPECT. LIKE TODD SAID. AS WE HAVE ALL SAID, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY ACTIVE, CONSTANTLY EVOLVING SITUATION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYONE I HAVE TALKED TO IN THIS STORE SAID THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE SITUATION. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SAID IT HERE. IT IS INCREDIBLY CROWDED. PEOPLE’S CARS ARE STILL IN THE PARKING LOT. AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, WE JUST HAVE MASSES OF PEOPLE POURING OUT OF THE STORE, WITH CHILDREN ON THEIR HANDS. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, ONE WE TALKED TO, COULDN’T GET OUT OF THE STORE BY HERSELF, SHE HAD TO BE CARRIED OUT BY ANOTHER CUSTOMER. THAT’S THE KIND OF HORRIBLE THING YOU NEVER WANT TO BE RELATED TO. WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE NOW WHO SAW ALL OF THIS. WE HEARD THE RAPID SUCCESS OF SHOTS. AND SO EVERYONE JUST STARTED RUNNING, AND I TRIED TO RUN AND FALL IN THE DOORWAY, AND SOMEONE HAD TO PULL ME OUT BECAUSE I COULDN’T KEEP RUNNING. SO ME AND SOME OTHER CUSTOMERS DUCKED BEHIND OUR CARS IN THE HANDICRAFT AREA. WE JUST COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, I’VE HEARD FROM SO MANY PEOPLE HERE, THEY’VE HELPED EACH OTHER, ADVANCED EACH OTHER TO TAKE COVER. STORE EMPLOYEES HAVE HELPED PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST HERE TO SHOP AND MAYBE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW THE STORE AND MADE SURE EVERYONE GOT TO SAFETY. IT’S THE HEROIC WE’RE SEEING AS TODD FROM THE POLICE HERE MENTIONED, OF OTHERS INVOLVED AND AN ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE SITUATION. RECOVERED, BOTH SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATE

Police: Suspect and bystander injured after shooting at Colerain Township Kroger

A suspect and a bystander were injured after a shooting at the Northgate Kroger in Colerain Township Wednesday afternoon, police said. Police responded to a report of shots fired inside the store around 4 p.m. and arrived at the Kroger on Springdale Road near Colerain Avenue. In an update Wednesday evening, Colerain Township Police Chief Ed Cordie said officers responding to the call approached a suspect outside the store who pointed a gun at them shortly after officers arrived. Police said the suspect flew back into the Kroger and engaged in a gun battle with police. The suspect was struck by gunfire and taken into custody. Cordie said a second person, an innocent bystander, was also struck by gunfire. It is unknown who fired the shot that struck the bystander. Both the suspect and the bystander who was struck are expected to survive, the police chief said Wednesday evening. Earlier, a spokesman for the Colerain Township Police Department said Wednesday that two suspects had been shot. On Wednesday evening, the police chief said one suspect had been shot but did not say whether a second suspect was involved. The police chief did not answer questions after speaking Wednesday evening. The suspect’s name was not released by police. Multiple agencies responded to the shooting. The officers involved in the shooting were placed on leave in accordance with department policy. On Wednesday morning, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office had said the incident was an “active shooting.” Police later said the active threat had passed.

CINCINNATI —

A suspect and a bystander were injured after a shooting at the Northgate Kroger in Colerain Township Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Police responded to the incident at Kroger on Springdale Road, near Colerain Avenue, around 4 p.m. after shots were reported fired at the store.

In an update Wednesday evening, Colerain Township Police Chief Ed Cordie said that shortly after arriving outside the store, officers approached a suspect who pointed a gun at officers.

According to the police report, the suspect retreated into the Kroger and exchanged gunfire with police.

The suspect was struck by gunfire and taken into custody. Cordie said a second person, an innocent bystander, was also struck by gunfire. It is unknown who fired the shot that struck the bystander.

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Both the suspect and the pedestrian who was hit are expected to survive, the police chief said on Wednesday evening.

On Wednesday, a spokesman for the Colerain Township Police Department said two suspects had been shot. On Wednesday evening, the police chief said one suspect had been shot, but did not say whether a second suspect was involved. The police chief did not answer any questions after his speech on Wednesday evening.

The suspect’s name has not been released by police. Multiple agencies were made aware of the shooting. The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on leave in accordance with agency policy.

Earlier Wednesday, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said it was an “active shooter case.” Police later said the active threat had passed.

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