A 19-year-old man was shot twice Tuesday evening just after stepping out of a rideshare vehicle in Covington, on what his grandmother says was supposed to be his birthday dinner with family. He was rushed to a hospital, and as of the latest reports, no arrest had been announced.
The shooting happened in the 200 block of Trevor Street, according to fox19.com, which reported the incident occurred around 4 p.m. WLWT likewise placed the shooting at that address. But accounts of the timeline diverge: local12.com reported that officers were called to the area of Trevor and Garrard at about 3 p.m., while wcpo.com reported that officers responded to the 200 block of Trevor Street shortly before 4 p.m. The discrepancy in timing has not been resolved across the reports.
The victim’s grandmother told the station that he was meeting family for dinner to celebrate his birthday when he was shot, the same fox19.com report noted. A witness in that account said they heard about seven gunshots and saw two male suspects run off, though that detail carries medium confidence in the reporting.
Conflicting Word on the Victim’s Condition
Accounts also differ on how the young man is doing. Covington Police Captain Justin Bradbury told fox19.com that the victim was at University of Cincinnati Medical Center and was stable. Local12.com, however, reported there was no word on his condition but that the victim is expected to survive. Both outlets agree he was taken for treatment following the shooting.
Police have given mixed signals on the search for whoever opened fire. wcpo.com reported that one suspect is confirmed and still at large, while fox19.com reported that, as of now, there is no information on the suspects. Neither account describes an arrest, and the seed report from WLWT likewise indicated no arrest had been made and that no suspect description had been released.
Police Call It an Isolated Incident
Despite the uncertainty around suspects, wcpo.com reported that police described the shooting as an isolated incident with no apparent threat to the public. Anyone with information has been asked to contact the Covington Police Department.
The Trevor Street shooting comes about a month after another Covington shooting left a man dead at a Speedway gas station on 4th Street, in an incident reported by fox56news.com as occurring at about 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 10. In that case, the station reported the victim later died from his injuries and that 21-year-old Jacob Combs of Covington was charged with murder. Separately, a Kenton County jury recently found two men guilty of assault, rioting, and wanton endangerment in connection with a 2022 shooting on West 17th Street that left three children with gunshot wounds, according to a fox19.com report on the verdict.
No further updates on the Trevor Street case, including word of an arrest or a suspect description, have been confirmed in available reporting.
