A late-night party outside a Colerain Township learning center turned violent when, prosecutors say, a 36-year-old Cincinnati man pulled a gun and shot another person in the leg. Court filings identify the suspect as Clarence Harvey II and allege the shooting happened on Nov. 16, 2025, just outside the High Achievers Aim High learning center on West Galbraith Road. Harvey is being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center as the case works its way through the local courts.
According to court records reviewed by FOX19, Harvey was at a party at the center when an argument broke out. Investigators say he pulled a handgun from his waistband, fired a single shot, and hit the victim in the leg before taking off. An affidavit states that detectives later obtained surveillance video that captured the confrontation right outside the center’s doors. The filing lists charges of felonious assault and illegal possession of a deadly weapon in a school safety zone.
Colerain Township police were called to the 2400 block of West Galbraith Road shortly after midnight. They took the injured man to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, as reported by WCPO. Investigators later released a still image of a person of interest and asked anyone with information to contact Colerain Township Police or Crime Stoppers. Local outlets highlighted that appeal while detectives worked behind the scenes to identify and track down a suspect.
The shooting took place outside High Achievers Aim High, a nonprofit that lists tutoring, peer mediation, and youth enrichment programs at its Galbraith Road facility. The organization’s website says it focuses on supporting underrepresented students through after-school programming and community outreach, and that the center has become a neighborhood hub for youth services since expanding to its current location.
Legal Implications
Harvey is charged with felonious assault under Ohio law, which covers knowingly causing serious physical harm or using a deadly weapon in an assault, as outlined in ORC 2903.11. He is also accused of violating the state’s school-zone weapons statute, which makes possession of a deadly weapon in a school safety zone a separate crime under ORC 2923.122. Those sections spell out how prior convictions and firearm specifications can raise the stakes at sentencing and give prosecutors room to seek additional penalties.
What Happens Next
FOX19 reports that the charges are detailed in a Hamilton County Municipal Court affidavit and that Harvey remains in custody at the Hamilton County Justice Center while the case proceeds. In Municipal Court, defendants typically appear for an initial hearing and arraignment, where a judge addresses bail, takes an initial plea and sets the schedule for what comes next. The Hamilton County Clerk of Courts keeps the public docket that tracks those filings and hearings.
Police have previously asked anyone with information about the Nov. 16 shooting to contact Colerain Township Police or Crime Stoppers, a request highlighted in earlier coverage by WCPO.
