9 people injured in shooting outside Cincinnati bar, police say

CINCINNATI — At least nine people were injured after a gunman opened fire outside a Cincinnati bar early Sunday, authorities said.

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The shooting occurred at about 1:45 a.m. EDT outside Mr. Pitiful’s bar in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of the city, Cincinnati Police Department spokesperson Lt. Col. Michael John told reporters.

John said multiple shots were fired, but none of the victims were in critical condition, WCPO-TV reported. A spokesperson at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center confirmed that nine victims were at the facility, according to the television station.

John said an officer fired one shot at a suspect, who fled the scene, WXIX-TV reported. It is unclear whether that person was wounded, according to the television station.

“We have one Cincinnati police officer that discharged one round, and we do not know if that officer struck the individual that he was firing the gun at,” John told reporters. “What I can tell you is the individual he was shooting at was actively firing a firearm at that time.”

During a news conference, John told reporters that a large crowd encroached on officers at the scene. Police had to deploy a pair of flash bangs to disperse the crowd so that medical personnel could reach the shooting victims, WLWT-TV reported.

The suspect was wearing a white shirt and dark pants, John told reporters.

No arrests have been made, and an investigation is ongoing, John said.

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