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Uninvited guest at 21st birthday party opens up fire, slaughtering 4 people and injuring 3 others: Cops
What was supposed to be a 21st birthday celebration turned tragic when an uninvited guest opened fire, killing four people and injuring three others, police in Kentucky say. The post Uninvited guest at 21st birthday party opens up fire, slaughtering 4 people and injuring 3 others: Cops first appeared on Law & Crime.
'I wasn't surprised': 7 shot, 1 killed in Cincinnati on the 4th of July in 5 shootings
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - It's been a violent start to the long Fourth of July weekend in Cincinnati, with seven people shot in five separate incidents. One of them was deadly and in a high-profile spot. It's just four blocks from TQL Stadium and two blocks from Washington Park. A lot...
Child hit by car in Boone County
BOONE COUNTY, Ky. (WXIX) - A child was hit by car in Florence early Sunday morning. Boone County dispatch says it happened on Weaver Road and Trellises Drive shortly before 1:20 a.m. The child was flown to Children’s Hospital. No word on their condition or if the driver stayed...
Family of 39-year-old man killed in Hartwell offering reward for information
Alan Davis Holcomb's family held a memorial Friday where they announced they're offering a reward for any information that will lead to an arrest and conviction in the 39-year-old's murder.
Lit fireworks cause fire on 3-story, multi-family residential home in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Cincinnati Fire Department responded to a multi-family residential home that caught on fire from fireworks. The City of Cincinnati said 44 firefighters were on scene to put out the fire that was coming from the roof of a three-story, multi-family residential structure in the West End. Cincinnati...
Housing Authority warns against Section 8 scams
The Housing Authority of Covington, which is responsible for managing Kenton County’s housing choice voucher, known more commonly as Section 8, program is warning voucher seekers against scammers posing as Section 8 help services. “A flyer has been circulating on social media advertising assistance with applying for Section 8...
Elsmere Fire Extinguishes A Car Fire Before Their Car Fire Drill
This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom. A car fire drill for the Elsmere Fire Department started early when a call was dispatched for an actual car fire in Glenmont. Just before a car fire drill, the...
Sergeant Anthony H. Overberg | Norwood Police Department
Beginning July 5, 1942, Norwood Chief of Police Charles Fritz established stakeouts at various Norwood pharmacies because a man had been committing armed robberies in area drugstores. On July 8, 1942, Sergeant Overberg, 1941 Maple Avenue, and his wife Agnes were entertaining friends that they had not seen for two years. Sergeant Overberg was assigned to Lawson’s Drugstore, 4320 Franklin Avenue at 10 pm. It was only 4/10ths of a mile from his home. Almost half an hour later, Mrs. Overberg and her guests heard a siren. Mrs. Overberg commented, “I guess Tony got his man.” It wasn’t long before she was notified that her husband was shot and fighting for his life.
Westwood apartment fire displaces 4 people
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Four people are displaced after a fire broke out in a Westwood apartment, the Cincinnati Fire Department reported. Chief Kelly Callen said fire dispatch was called shortly before 1:30 p.m. for reports of black smoke coming from an apartment in the 3200 block of Mayridge Court. The...
Fake Botox, knock-off Ozempic seized by border protection officers in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — It's 1 a.m. at the Port of Cincinnati, prime time for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency. According to CBP officers, shipments of fake medication and merchandise fly into the busy air freight hub every single day. Those officers' jobs are to catch those dangerous and sometimes deadly knockoffs before they hit the streets.
Family members remember young father shot to death in College Hill last month
CINCINNATI — A young father shot and killed in College Hill last month could soon get justice. The man charged with his murder is going before a judge on Monday. Thirty-year-old Demarko Page was spending time with his sibling when they say someone showed up at a family member's home and fired 11 rounds at the young father.
Scene of crash cleared on I-71/75 in Erlanger
ERLANGER, Ky. — UPDATE: The scene of the crash has cleared and all traffic is moving at a normal rate. One lane of northbound Interstate 71/75 in Kenton County, near Erlanger. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet cameras show the leftmost lane, and left shoulder, blocked as police respond to the scene.
Florence shooting marks third mass shooting in Greater Cincinnati in under a month even as violent crime overall remains down
The mass shooting in Florence, Kentucky that left four dead and three injured marks the third mass shooting in a month that has plagued the Greater Cincinnati area, according to the Gun Violence Archive, an organization dedicated to tracking gun crimes across America. The others were the shooting near UC's...
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