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1 dead, 15 injured in Cincinnati nightclub gunfight
JOHN MINCHILLO was a fight and people
DAN SEWELL were yelling for security to
Associated Press intervene before the gun-
CINCINNATI (AP) — A gun- fire began.
fight broke out inside a “Once I got outside, peo-
crowded Cincinnati night- ple coming out bloody,
club early Sunday, leav- gunshot wounds on them,
ing one man dead and some of their friends carry-
15 others wounded after ing them to the car, rush-
a dispute among several ing them to the hospital,”
patrons escalated into a Thompson told WCPO-TV.
shootout, authorities said. “It was just crazy.”
No suspects were in cus- Police Sgt. Daniel Hils said
tody by late afternoon in the large crowd at the
the shooting at the Cameo club was a factor in the
club, which has a history of number of people who suf-
gun violence, and police fered gunshot wounds.
said there was no indica- “When you’re talking about
tion of any terrorism link. something tightly packed
Cincinnati Police Chief El- like that, I think intended
iot Isaac said one of the targets aren’t going to be
wounded was in “extreme- the only thing that’s hit,”
ly critical condition,” while said Hils, who is president of
a hospital spokeswoman Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley speaks alongside police chief Eliot Isaac, center, and assistant fire the Fraternal Order of Po-
chief Roy Winston, left, during a news conference at police headquarters regarding a fatal shoot-
said two victims were listed ing at the Cameo club, Sunday, March 26, 2017, in Cincinnati. lice local. “When you start-
in critical condition. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ing throwing lead around,
and there’s a lot of other
people standing around,
Police began receiving then the other people are
calls at 1:30 a.m. about going to get hit.”
gunshots at the club near Isaac said the club has its
the Ohio River east of own security operation
downtown Cincinnati. that uses detection wands
Isaac said some 200 peo- and pat-downs, but that
ple were inside the club, police believe several fire-
one of the few hip-hop arms got inside. Four of-
venues in the city, for music ficers were working secu-
and dancing. rity in the club’s parking
Isaac identified the dead lot and some tried unsuc-
man as 27-year-old cessfully to revive the man
O’Bryan Spikes, but provid- who died.Cameo’s Face-
ed no other details. He said book profile says it caters
15 others were injured, with to college students on Fri-
some already treated and day nights, when anyone
released from hospitals. over 18 is allowed in, while
“What we know at this Saturdays are “grown and
point in the investigation is sexy night” for ages 21 and
that several local men got older.
into some type of dispute The club has a history of
inside the bar, and it esca- gun violence, including a
lated into shots being fired shooting inside the club
from several individuals,” on New Year’s Day in 2015
Isaac said. It wasn’t clear and one in the parking lot
how many people fired in September of that year,
shots. City Manager Harry Black
Club patron Mauricio said.Police Capt. Kim Wil-
Thompson described a liams said there was “just
chaotic scene in which a lot of chaos, obviously,
as many as 20 shots were when shots were fired.”
fired as people scrambled “Saturday night, it is a very
to get away. He said there young crowd. q
