Reign of terror : Police offer insights into killing spree
Cincinnati Police Investigations Bureau Commander Lt. Col. Lisa Davis and Homicide Unit Commander Lt. David Johnston spoke to the press to discuss what they called a reign of terror that left four dead and three wounded.
On Wednesday, Carl Godfrey, Jason Gray, Mario Gordon, Conn Inabnitt and an unnamed 14-year-old were indicted with prosecutors saying Godfrey was hired to kill targets in two of the shootings.
Due to the ongoing investigation, they declined to offer many details, but they did offer some insights into the case.
Davis said she would not necessarily characterize the situation as a murder-for-hire plot adding that there were other elements that made it more complicated than that. She and Johnston also said this was not gang activity in the traditional sense.
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A group of four men and a teenager were indicted Wednesday after police said they killed four people for money and revenge.
Carl Godfrey, 21, Jason Gray, 18, Mario Gordon, 30, Conn Inabnitt, 49, and an unnamed 14-year-old are charged with dozens of counts of murder and felonious assault.
Investigators said between Jan. 31 and Feb. 18, this group was responsible for four killings and several other shootings.
If these allegations are true, this group is responsible for nearly a third of Cincinnati s 13 fatal shootings since the beginning of the year.
The alleged victims
Jeremiah Campell killed Jan. 31 in Avondale: Prosecutors say Godfrey was hired to murder Campbell. Godfrey took Gray to the place where Campbell was staying and fatally shot him, officials said.