Two people were rushed to the hospital after officers found them suffering gunshot wounds on Clovernook Avenue in Mt. Healthy late Monday night. Police say they have no suspect in custody, and the condition of both victims remained unknown as of early Tuesday.
Officers responded around 8:30 p.m. Monday to a report of a shooting in the 7688 block of Clovernook Avenue, according to Mt. Healthy Police Chief Colonel Jerome Deidesheimer, as reported by FOX19. When officers arrived, they found two victims with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center, which operates the region's only adult Level I Trauma Center following a $221 million expansion that added a 41,000-square-foot emergency department in July 2023, according to UC Health.
Police said they do not believe there is a threat to the community, though no arrests have been made. The motive behind the gunfire has not been disclosed, and it remains unclear whether Hamilton County homicide detectives have been asked to assist, a detail that has not yet been addressed publicly.
A Street With a Troubled Recent History
Monday's shooting is not the first serious act of violence reported on Clovernook Avenue. The Mt. Healthy Police Department's February 2026 report to the city manager noted officers had responded to a felonious assault just a few doors down, at 7724 Clovernook Avenue, on February 10. That report described the corridor as a mix of single-family homes and apartment complexes.
The street's history stretches back further. In July 2021, Mt. Healthy police and the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office investigated a fatal shooting in a parking lot adjoining 7840 Clovernook Avenue after a man was found down in the street, according to Greater Cincinnati/N. Kentucky Crime Stoppers, which offered a $2,500 reward for information in the still-unsolved case. That killing, along with the February assault report, marks the third serious shooting-related police call on the same stretch of road in five years.
Recent Gun Violence Across Mt. Healthy
The Clovernook Avenue shooting comes less than a year after another fatal shooting rattled the small suburb. On September 9, 2025, 22-year-old Brandon Michael Grimes was fatally shot inside a vehicle on Lakenoll Drive in Mt. Healthy, prompting local police to request investigative support from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Section, per a Hamilton County Sheriff's Office update. Hoodline previously reported on the unsolved Grimes case, which remains open.
City statistics show aggravated assaults in Mt. Healthy rose to 24 in 2025 from 19 in 2024, though both figures remain well below the multi-year peak of 80 recorded in 2023, according to the city's February 2026 council report. Aggravated assault under Ohio law covers felony assaults involving deadly weapons or resulting in serious physical harm.
A Small Force Leaning on County Partners
Mt. Healthy is a 1.5-square-mile city of roughly 6,800 residents, with a population that is 48.3% Black and 42.8% White, according to Census Bureau estimates cited in city records. The Mt. Healthy Police Department operates around the clock out of the City Municipal Building at 7700 Perry Street, with an authorized force of 12 full-time officers and 14 currently active under Chief Deidesheimer.
Because the department is so small, major violent incidents in the city frequently require coordination with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, as happened after the Grimes homicide. Emergency medical response and trauma transport fall to the Mt. Healthy Fire Department, which operates out of Station 74 on Perry Street and handles roughly 2,100 EMS calls a year across the city's compact footprint.
The Clovernook Avenue shooting adds to a string of public-safety headlines out of Mt. Healthy this year. In May, the city obtained a court order to inspect Hilltop Plaza after fire-code violations and prior violent disruptions there, including a gunfight at an event space and a mass brawl, as Hoodline previously covered in its report on the Hilltop Plaza crackdown. Should a suspect eventually be identified and charged in Monday's shooting, Ohio Revised Code 2903.11 makes knowingly causing serious physical harm with a deadly weapon a second-degree felony carrying up to eight years in prison, with mandatory additional consecutive time if firearm specifications are attached.
Police have not released further details about the victims' identities or conditions, and the investigation into what led to the gunfire on Clovernook Avenue continues.
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