Two minors were wounded in a drive-by shooting in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, an area still reeling from a similar tragedy just last month. According to LOCAL12, the incident occurred around 8 p.m. near East McMicken Avenue and Grant Park, an area that has once again been cordoned off by police tape and flashing lights.
The victims are two boys, aged 12 and 15, the younger was hit in the left thigh and ankle, while the elder was struck in the left hip, with both injuries described as non-life-threatening by police Captain Bower in a statement obtained by FOX19. As the neighborhood's residents grapple with the shooting's aftershock, forensic teams have collected multiple shell casings, however, the persistence of uncertainty and arrest remains elusive as the community calls for actionable answers and solace.
This latest outbreak of violence near East Elder Street and East McMicken Avenue is part of a distressing trend for the area, heightening concerns among local residents. Detailed information about the assailant or assailants is not available, but the investigation is active, according to Lt. John Cunningham in information provided to The Enquirer. With two juveniles injured, authorities are appealing to the public for information that may lead to a breakthrough in the case.
As the Over-the-Rhine community confronts yet another challenge to its peace, the Cincinnati police are urging anyone with knowledge about the incident to come forward while lending a compassionate ear to those shaken by a violence that protrudes once more into the steady rhythm of their daily lives; if you have any information regarding the shooting, you are encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at (513)-352-3040. The young victims are expected to make full recoveries, as reported by all aforementioned sources, and yet as evening shades into the night and the streets empty, the reverberations of those shots linge,r joining a chorus that has become all too familiar in this slice of Cincinnati.
