15 shot, 1 fatally, in east-side Cincinnati nightclub

ING THE
WAY LIVE ON THE SCENE WITH THE
NEWS DETAILS RIGHT NOW.
RICHARD: GOOD MORNING.
RIGHT NOW WE KNOW AGENTS FROM
THE ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND FIRE
DEPARTMENT ASSISTING CINCINNATI
POLICEIN AN INCIDENT POLICE ARE
DESCRIBING IS A MASS SHOOTING.
ONE PERSON IS DEAD.
GUNFIRE IN ROCKING AROUND 1:00
THIS MORNING IN A SCENE THAT HAS
BEEN DESCRIBED AS CHAOTIC.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK
WITH WITNESSES INSIDE THE
NIGHTCLUB WHEN THE SHOTS RANG
OUT.
THEY DESCRIBED A CHAOTIC SCENE,
YOUNG PEOPLE RUNNING FRANTICALLY
TRYING TO FIND THE EXITS AFTER A
CALL FOR SECURITY AND GUNFIRE.
POLICE CONTINUING THEIR
INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME.
SEVERAL YOUNG PEOPLE AGAIN
REPORTING TO A VARIETY OF
HOSPITALS IN THE AREA.
>> I CANNOT THINK OF A SHOOTING
INCIDENT WITH 15 TOTAL VICTIMS
OR 14 TOTAL VICTIMS IN MY 27
PLUS YEAR CAREER.
>> THEY WERE CALLING FOR
SECURITY FOR LIKE 10 MINUTES
BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY CAME.
RICHARD:: FOR SECURITY 10
MINUTES AND THEN WHAT DID YOU
HEAR?
>> GUNSHOTS, MAYBE 20 OF THEM.
RICHARD: GUNSHOTS LOUD POPS
CLOSE TO?
>> LOUD, YES, SIR.
RICHAR INSIDE THE NIGHTCLUB,
YOU SAID IT IS BASICALLY TWO
ROOMS?
YOU WALK INTO THE FIRST ROOM
AND THERE IS A BAR.
AND THAT IS WHERE THE D.J. IS.
>> THAT IS WHERE THE FIRST D.J.
IS.
RICHARD: THEN YOU GO A LITTLE
FURTHER?
THAT IS WHERE YOU ENTER THE
LARGER SIDE OF THE ROOM WHERE
THERE IS ANOTHER BAR AND INSIDE
-- AND ANOTHER D.J.
RICHARD: ABOUT 1:00 THIS
MORNING, A CAPACITY CROWD?
>> YES, SIR.
IT WAS CRAZY AND THERE.
ALL YOU HEARD THE DJ TELLING
THEM TO GET SCURITY THERE AND
THEY NEVER CAME.
THEN YOU HEARD GUNSHOTS RING OUT
AND EVERYBODY STARTED RUNNING.
RICHAR ONE OF THE MOST
FRIGHTENING PARTS OF THAT IS
THAT THE TWO ROOMS OF THE
NIGHTCLUB, THE INNER ROOM IS
WHERE THE GUNFIRE TOOK PLACE
ACCORDING TO OUR WITNESS.
SO PEOPLE LITERALLY HAD TO RUN
THROUGH THAT SCENE OF BODIES ON
THE GROUND WHERE PEOPLE HAD BEEN
SHOT.
THEY HAD TO RUN PASS THAT TO GET
OUTSIDE.
ONCE OUTSIDE, I
AGAI FOUR
POLICE OFFICERS WORKING IN
OFF-DUTY DETAIL WERE ABLE TO
RESPOND.
THEY DID TRY TO ADMINISTER CPR
BUT ONE INDIVIDUAL PRONOUNCED
DEAD.
SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ARRIVING IN
OUR HOSPITALS.
SOME BEING TRANSPORTED BY
CINCINNATI FIRE.
OTHERS ARE ARRIVING IN THEIR OWN
PERSONAL VEHICLES.
LISA: YOUR WHEN THIS DESCRIBING
A CHAOTIC SCENE.
POLICE HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH,
ONE SHOOTER, POSSIBLY TWO.
THEY WITNESS YOU TALK TO SEEMS
TO BELIEVE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN
MORE THAN ONE PERSON FIRING OFF
SHOTS.
RICHARD: WELL, AGAIN, LISA, THIS
IS A FLUID INVESTIGATION AND YOU
HAVE GOT TO IMAGINE, PUTTING
YOURSELF IN THAT SITUATION OF
THE WITNESS.
YOU HEAR GUNFIRE, YOU'RE IN A
NIGHTCLUB, IT IS CROWDED, 20
SHOTS RINGING OUT.
YOU ARE NOT SURE WHICH DIRECTION
IT IS COMING FROM.
IT IS DARK, SO IT IS DIFFICULT
TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.
WE SPOKE WITH CAPTAIN KIM
WILLIAMS, THE DISTRICT II
COMMANDER, HER ACCOUNT THAT
THERE WERE MULTIPLE SHOOTERS
MATCHES WHAT A WITNESS SAYS.
AGAIN THERE ARE CONTINUING
REPORTS COMING OUT AS THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT GOES FOR THE WITH
THEIR INVESTIGATION AND ONE OF
THE THINGS THEY HAVE BEEN
TELLING US IS VIDEO SURVEILLANCE
INSIDE THE NIGHTCLUB.
WHETHER OR NOT THAT SURVEILLANCE
IS WORKING, WHAT INFORMATION
WILL BE AVAILABLE ONCE THAT
SURVEILLANCE IS REVIEWED BY
OFFICERS STILL REMAINS UNSEEN.
AGAIN, THERE ARE SEVERAL
WITNESSES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT
HOSPITALS.
THERE WITNESSES AT CAMEO
NIGHTCLUB AS THIS INVESTIGATION
GOES FORWARD.
POLICE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING
TOGETHER ALL OF THOSE CLUES TO
DETERMINE WHO IS AT LARGE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THINGS THAT IS A CONCERN AT THIS
POINT.
THERE IS AT LEAST ONE INDIVIDUAL
WHO IS AT LARGE AND RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE SHOOTING.
CINCINNATI POLICE ASKING FOR
CITIZEN HELP AS HE SOME PEOPLE
ARE STARTING TO COME HOME AND
STARTED TO REALIZE HOW CHAOTIC
THIS SCENE REALLY WAS.
LISA: HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GATHER
THAT INFORMATION.
THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT
SOMEBODY IS OUT THERE, SOMEONE
RESPONSIBLE FOR FIRING THE
SHOTS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NEWEST
INFORMATION, POLICE WILL GET
SOME HELP FROM AN AGENCY, THE
ATF, IS THAT CORRECT?
RICHARD: HAVING THE RESOURCES OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OF
COURSE, THEY WILL DO A
DIFFERENCE WITH BALLISTICS.
DETERMINING HOW MANY SHOOTERS
REALLY WERE THERE.
WHAT TYPE OF GUNS WERE USED,
WHETHER THOSE GUNS MAY HAVE BEEN
USED IN OTHER CRIMES.
THERE WILL BE ACCESS TO THE
FEDERAL DATABASES THAT ARE ALSO
THERE IN TERMS OF WHERE THESE
BULLETS MAY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED
OR THESE GUN MAY HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED.
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE
BALLISTICS.
CERTAINLY HAVING ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES IS GOING TO BE A BIG
FACTOR.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE GOT
TO CONSIDER, THE CINCINNATI
POLICE DISTRICT II, OFFICERS ARE
HERE FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE HAVE SEEN OFFICERS FROM
DISTRICT V.
THIS IS THE SCENE WHEN PEOPLE
FLED.
WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED O FF.
TH STRETCHES DOWN TO-THREE
MILES FROM KELLOGG AVE.
THE PARKING LOT ITSELF MAY NOT
BE THAT BIG.
FROM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOL AND
CONFIRMED WITH CAPTAIN WILLIAMS,
THE SHOOTING ITSELF HAPPENED
INSIDE THE NIGHTCLUB.
THAT'S WHAT THE DISTRICT
COMMANDER TOLD US, THE SHOOTING
OCCURRED INSIDE THE NIGHTCLUB.
THAT HER OFFICERS ON THE DETAIL
WERE IN THE PARKING LOT.
THERE WAS NO GUN PLAY OUTSIDE OF
THE CLUB.
EVERYTHING WAS CENTERED INSIDE,
BUT AGAIN, YOU GOT TO CONSIDER
WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE, THE
SHOTS, THE MASS CATCH THESE.
-- MASS CASUALTIES.
THIS IS TAKING A LITTLE -- A LOT
RESOURCES.
HELP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL
CERTAINLY BE APPRECIATED.
LISA: LIVE IN LYNNWOOD.
AS RICHARD NOTED, WHEN THE SHOTS
WERE FIRED, PEOPLE WERE RUNNING
FOR THEIR LIVES.
THOSE WHO COULD NOT MAKE IT OUT
HAD TO WAIT FOR AMBULANCES.
OTHERS JUMPED INTO THEIR OWN
PERSONAL CARS, OR FRIENDS DROVE
THEM IN FOR TREATMENT.
WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE
RIGHT NOW IT U.C. MEDICAL
CENTER.
MEGAN MITCHELL IS THERE
MONITORING THE SITUATION TO HOW
MANY VICTIMS TAKEN THEIR?
-- THERE?
MEGAN: THERE ARE 8 VICTIMS AT
U..C MEDICAL CENTER.
THIS IS BEEN A CHAOTIC SCENE TO
FOLLOW BECAUSE THE VICTIMS WERE
TRYING TO FLEE THE SCENE.
SO THERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO
DIFFERENT HOSPITALS, DRIVING
THEMSELVES.
AS OPPOSED TO NORMAL PROCEDURE,
WHERE AN ABBEY WAS IS CALLED THE
VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL.
8 PEOPLE ARE HERE AT U.C.
MEDICAL CENTER.
ONE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
THREE IN SERIOUS CONDITION AND
FOUR IN STABLE CONDITION.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON ANOTHER
HOSPITAL, BETHESDA NORTH.
TWO PEOPLE WERE TREATED AND
RELEASED AT BETHESDA NORTH
HOSPITAL.
TWO PEOPLE ARE ALSO AT CHRIST
HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 15 PEOPLE
SHOT.
ONE DEAD.
AS RICHARD HAS BEEN MENTIONING,
THIS IS A CHAOTIC SCENE, WHICH
MAKES THE AFTERMATH IN TERMS OF
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE HELP AND
BEING TREATED A LOT MORE
DIFFICULT FOR MEDICAL STAFF AND,
OF COURSE, FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
AND POLICE AS WELL.
SO, OF COURSE, WE ARE CONTINUING
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT JUST
WHERE ARE TWO OTHER VICTIMS THAT
WERE, TOLD TO US BY POLICE AND
EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE IN THE
LOCATION, TO SEE THEIR CONDITION
AS WELL.
LISA: WHAT ABOUT ACTIVITY THERE
OUTSIDE THE EMERGENCY ROOM?
HAVE YOU SEEN POLICE OFFICERS OR
FAMILY MEMBERS OF THESE VICTIMS
TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION?
MEGAN: THAT IS A GREAT POINT,
BECAUSE JUST WITHIN THE LAST
HALF HOUR, WE DID SEE THERE WERE
A COUPLE OF POLICE VEHICLES THAT
LEFT THE SCENE, THAT WERE HERE
SINCE WE GOT HERE.
WE GOT HERE AROUND 5:30 -- 4:30.
THIS IS AN ACTIVE SCENE IN TERMS
OF PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AT
THIS POINT.
STILL, IT'S DEFINITELY MORE
QUIET THAN IT WAS WHEN WE FIRST
GOT HERE.
WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE, THERE
WERE GROUPS OF PEOPLE STANDING
AROUND WAITING, TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHATHAPPENED TO THEIR
FRIENDS OR LOVED ONES.
OF COURSE, UNLESS YOU ARE
DESIGNATED TO GOIN AND SEE THE
VICTIM YOU HAVE TO STAY OUTSIDE.
YOU HAVE TO STAY, AND THAT IS
WHAT PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE THEIR LOVED
ONES AND THEIR FRIENDS WERE.
LISA: MEGAN MITCHELL REPORTING
LIVE FROM U.C. MEDICAL CENTER,
PART OF OUR TEAM COVERAGE.
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15 shot, 1 fatally, in east-side Cincinnati nightclub

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