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Officials: 2 injured after attempted robbery leads to shooting at Middletown park

Officials: 2 injured after attempted robbery leads to shooting at Middletown park

Officials: 2 injured after attempted robbery leads to shooting at Middletown park

Officials: 2 injured after attempted robbery leads to shooting at Middletown park

ALL RIGHT KATIE THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE ARE LEADING THE WAY ON A DEVELOPING STORY THIS AFTERNOON WITH NEW DETAILS. AFTER A LATE NIGHT SHOOTING IN MIDDLETOWN. IT HAPPENED AT DOUGLASS PARK SHORTLY AROUND 1115 LAST NIGHT. THE CITY OF MIDDLETOWN TELLS US THIS WAS AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT, AND WE’RE TOLD THEY HAVE MILD INJURIES. K-9 UNITS FOUND ONE OF THE WEAPONS USED IN THAT SHOOTING, AND IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION FOR FAMILIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY. AFTER THIS INCIDENT AND IN A PARK WHERE THEY OFTEN LET THEIR KIDS PLAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS FIRECRACKERS. IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST MULTIPLE POP POP, POP, POP POP. SO I WENT TO MY DOOR AND MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, SHE SAID SHE HEARD SOMEONE YELL OUT, HE’S HE’S BLEEDING OUT. AND SHE CALLED THE POLICE. IT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. WE’RE TOLD POLICE SHOULD BE SHARING MO
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Officials: 2 injured after attempted robbery leads to shooting at Middletown park

Officials: 2 injured after attempted robbery leads to shooting at Middletown park

Two people are taken to the hospital after an attempted robbery led to shots fired at a park in Middletown, police said. Middletown officials say the shooting occurred at 11:15 p.m. Sunday night in Douglass Park.Police said the victims told officers they were at the park when two others came up to them and demanded money. According to the victim's statement, the suspects then started shooting, hitting the victims in the leg before running away. Police said two people found with gunshot wounds were taken to Atrium Medical Center for further treatment. WLWT's crews on scene saw a number of evidence markers - showing shell casings, a number of $10 bills and a bloody pair of shoes.Authorities say a police K9 tracked officials to one of the weapons used in the shooting. It was a scary situation for families in the neighborhood now fearing for their safety after the incident in a place where they often let their kids play."I thought it was firecrackers, you know, it was multiple 'pop pop pop,'" a resident explained. "So I went to my neighbor's door and my next door neighbor she said she heard someone yell out, 'He's bleeding out! He's bleeding out!' And she called the police."The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information about this incident, please contact Detective Mynhier at 513-425-7720 or 513-425-7700.

Two people are taken to the hospital after an attempted robbery led to shots fired at a park in Middletown, police said.

Middletown officials say the shooting occurred at 11:15 p.m. Sunday night in Douglass Park.

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Police said the victims told officers they were at the park when two others came up to them and demanded money. According to the victim's statement, the suspects then started shooting, hitting the victims in the leg before running away.

Police said two people found with gunshot wounds were taken to Atrium Medical Center for further treatment.

WLWT's crews on scene saw a number of evidence markers - showing shell casings, a number of $10 bills and a bloody pair of shoes.

Authorities say a police K9 tracked officials to one of the weapons used in the shooting.

It was a scary situation for families in the neighborhood now fearing for their safety after the incident in a place where they often let their kids play.

"I thought it was firecrackers, you know, it was multiple 'pop pop pop,'" a resident explained. "So I went to my neighbor's door and my next door neighbor she said she heard someone yell out, 'He's bleeding out! He's bleeding out!' And she called the police."

The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information about this incident, please contact Detective Mynhier at 513-425-7720 or 513-425-7700.