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View Comments In response to Sunday’s mass shooting in a crowded Downtown park, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said he is “declaring war on illegal guns in Cincinnati.” In a Twitter post Tuesday afternoon, Deters said he has told assistant prosecutors in his office not to offer plea deals in any cases involving gun violence or possession of illegal guns. “It’s time for this nonsense to end,” Deters said. It’s unclear if that means all those gun cases – likely in the hundreds – now must go to trial at a time when there have been few jury trials in Hamilton County becau...

Teens Who Fired Guns During Fourth of July Argument Ended Up Killing One Another and Injuring Others, Police Say Aaron Keller © Provided by Law & Crime Two teens who pulled guns on one another and then pulled their respective triggers during an argument ended up shooting and killing one another, according to Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac on Monday. The location of the altercation was Smale Park, a popular riverfront location in the city. The date was the evening of the Fourth of July — around 10:48 p.m., to be precise. The Cincinnati Col. Lisa Davis on Sunday nigh...

Updated: 4 p.m. Two people are dead and three are injured after a shooting at Smale Park along Mehring Way at The Banks, according to Cincinnati police. The shooting happened at 10:47 p.m. Sunday night, officials said. At a Monday afternoon press conference, Chief Eliot Isaac said 16-year-old Milo Watson and 19-year-old Dexter Wright, Jr. had an ongoing argument and ended it by shooting and killing one another. Isaac says the guns were not recovered, but investigators were not immediately looking for any other suspects. Three other people were wounded, including a 17-year-old girl who was sho...

Communities tired of shootings, but ultimately underfunded Communities tired of shootings, but ultimately underfunded and last updated 2021-07-06 09:27:15-04 CINCINNATI — Despite Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac's call to communities to step up in stopping violence among Cincinnati youth, community leaders said programs and positions to provide that support are underfunded. After five people were shot, two fatally, Sunday night in Smale Park, community leaders have worked to come together, but they warn that solutions take time. "There has to be a solution other than police just man...