Cincinnati Shooting: cincinnati shooting leaves one critical, eight injured at Riverfront Live
A mass cincinnati shooting at Riverfront Live on Cincinnati’s east side early Sunday left one person in critical condition and eight others injured. The shooting happened shortly before 1 a. m. at 4343 Kellogg Ave., where a birthday party had been taking place.
Cincinnati Shooting: injuries and hospitals
Eight people were taken to UC Medical Center. UC spokesperson Heather Chura Smith said one person is in critical condition, five are stable, and two people were treated and released from the hospital. One person was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital and has since been released, a hospital spokesperson said.
Venue and timeline of shooting
The shooting occurred shortly before 1 a. m. at 4343 Kellogg Ave., the address of Riverfront Live. Riverfront Live is a 16-and-over music venue in the East End that was hosting a birthday party that began at 10 p. m. Saturday, an Instagram post from DJ Fresh said.
Security footage and crowd reaction
Video from the security cameras at a nearby business shows a crowd running out of the venue after the first shots were fired inside. Witnesses and those inside the venue fled the scene, and some patrons jumped a fence to escape; one witness ran across to a United Dairy Farmer after leaving the venue.
Family accounts and quotes
Antoinette Coates said her 35-year-old son is among the victims and that he was shot four times but is expected to be okay. Coates urged greater protection at gatherings: "If you’re going to be having these parties, protect your people, " she said, adding a concern that people are being admitted without searches and that guns are being brought in.
Angel Potts, the mother of a 25-year-old victim, described her daughter’s experience: "She was leaving the bathroom and there was a few people in front of her and that’s when they started hearing the gunshots, " Potts said. "And then she said they just dropped down and some of them went running and she went running towards the door and went out of the door and jumped the fence and went across to a United Dairy Farmer. " Potts said her daughter believed security measures at the door would keep her safe. "They charge them $60 or $50 to get into this establishment and then they’re not safe, " Potts said. "And then they’re letting people in that are not good people or have firearms on them when they were frisked on through the door. She said they patted her down, so she thought she would be safe. " Potts described her daughter’s condition following the incident.
