Westbound Interstate 275 near Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport was shut down early Tuesday after a man was found with a gunshot wound to the hip. Boone County Sheriff's Office deputies and fire crews converged on the highway around 3 a.m., and the man was rushed to a Cincinnati hospital for treatment.
According to FOX19, the shooting was reported just east of Exit 11, the interchange connecting I-275 to KY 3608, the Idlewild Bypass, and KY 20, also known as Petersburg Road. The man was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center with the hip wound, the station reported. It remained unclear how long the highway would stay closed, and investigators had not immediately determined what led up to the shooting or exactly where along the corridor it happened.
Deputies Investigating Overnight Shooting Near Airport Corridor
The Boone County Sheriff's Office was on scene investigating as the overnight hours gave way to the Tuesday morning commute, with the closure in place along a stretch of highway that funnels drivers toward the airport.
The stretch of I-275 circling Greater Cincinnati has seen a string of violent incidents in recent memory. In one case, Springdale police investigated a road-rage shooting that left a man injured after shots were fired on the interstate early one Thursday morning, according to WLWT. Officers in that case responded to the highway's 42.6 milemarker around 3:30 a.m. after getting a report of a person who had been shot, the station reported — though it turned out the victim had not actually been struck by gunfire. Instead, he suffered injuries from glass fragments after a bullet shattered a window of his vehicle, WLWT noted.
Separate Police Shooting Closed I-275 In Clermont County
Another I-275 closure earlier this year stemmed from a fatal police shooting rather than a road-rage incident. A 34-year-old woman, identified as Kelsey Hildal of Blue Ash, was shot and killed by police on southbound I-275 in Clermont County following a report of a wrong-way driver, according to WCPO. That closure stretched for at least seven hours, with the highway not reopening until around 6:30 a.m. the following day, the outlet reported.
The westbound I-275 closure near CVG on October 20, 2026, lasted more than two hours before the highway reopened. Authorities have not said whether the shooting is connected to any other incident along the corridor, and the circumstances that led to the man being shot remain under investigation.
