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Family seeking justice after man was shot to death at Mt. Healthy apartment complex

Family seeking justice after man was shot to death at Mt. Healthy apartment complex
DRIVERS WERE INVOLVED. NEW ON WLWT A WOMAN IN MOUNT HEALTHY GETS REALLY EMOTIONAL WITH US AFTER THE FATHER OF HER YOUNG DAUGHTER WAS SHOT AND KILLED. SHE WANTS JUSTICE AS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS SUSPECT AFTER GUNFIRE AT AN APARTMENT ON CLOVERNOOK AVENUE. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RACHEL HERXHEIMER NOW LIVE FOR US FROM MOUNT HEALTHY WITH THE STORY. RACHEL. WELL, MIKE AND SHERRY, POLICE TELL US, WILLIE LINDSAY WAS SHOT AND KILLED INSIDE A MOUNT HEALTHY APARTMENT ON FRIDAY. HE LEAVES BEHIND A NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND HER MOTHER TELLS US THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER SHOOTING. THIS IS HER CHILD’S FATHER. FOR SHE THAT WAS THAT WAS HER TEAMMATE, MAN. THEY WERE, UH, THEY WERE ALWAYS TOGETHER. A NINE YEAR-OLD GIRL IS NOW GROWING UP WITHOUT HER DAD. THEY KNEW HE WAS A FATHER. SO WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? POLICE SAY 53 YEAR OLD WILLIE LINDSAY WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT A HOME ON CLOVERNOOK AVENUE IN MOUNT HEALTHY LAST FRIDAY. CALLS WERE MADE TO 911 SHORTLY AFTER THE. BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS IN THERE DEAD. HE SAID, SOMEONE’S DEAD IN THERE. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT? YES. SOMEBODY BECAUSE I JUST OPENED DOOR AND LOOKED BECAUSE I HEARD A GUNSHOT. IT’S AN ABANDONED APARTMENT. SO I HEARD SOME GUNSHOTS. I JUST OPENED THE DOOR AND LOOKED. AND IT’S A MAN IN THERE LAYING ON THE FLOOR, DEAD. THE MOTHER OF LINDSAY’S DAUGHTER SAYS SHE SPOKE TO HIM JUST HOURS BEFORE THE SHOOTING. WE’RE NOT IDENTIFYING HER FOR HER SAFETY. SHE SAYS SHE NEVER EXPECTED TO GET A CALL FROM THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WITH THE NEWS. I TRIED SO HARD FOR HER DAD AND HER TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP. HE WAS TEACHING HIS NINE YEAR OLD HOW TO PLAY SOFTBALL. THE TWO WERE INSEPARABLE. HIS DAUGHTER EVEN WROTE A POEM ABOUT HER DAD’S PASSING AT SCHOOL THIS WEEK. MY DAD WAS A GREAT PERSON. HE ALWAYS MADE EVERYONE LAUGH. HE SMILED ALL THE TIME. SO FAR, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THIS CASE. BUT THIS MOTHER IS DETERMINED TO CHANGE THAT. WE’RE GOING TO FIGHT. I’M GOING TO FIGHT TO MY DAY AND HELP AS MUCH AS I CAN TO GET GET JUSTICE FOR HER FATHER BECAUSE SHE. THAT WAS HER EVERYTHING. THAT’S ALL SHE KNEW. AND THE MOTHER TOLD ME OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE THEY WERE HOLDING A BALLOON RELEASE FOR LINDSAY, AN UNRELATED GUN FIGHT BROKE OUT. AND THAT’S WHEN HER NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TURNED TO HER MOTHER AND ASKED HER, IS THAT WHO KILLED MY FATHER? THIS MOTHER JUST TELLS ME THIS IS NOT THE WORLD SHE WANTS HER NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO BE GROWING UP IN. AGAIN, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THIS CASE, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHO KILLED LINDSAY, WERE ASKED TO CONTACT MOUNT HEALTHY. POLICE LIVE TONIGHT IN MOUNT
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Family seeking justice after man was shot to death at Mt. Healthy apartment complex
A woman in Mount Healthy is speaking out after the father of her young daughter was shot and killed.She wants justice as police look for the suspect after gunfire erupted at an apartment on Clovernook Avenue.Police tell us 53-year-old Willie Lindsey was shot and killed Friday morning. He leaves behind a 9-year-old daughter. We're not identifying the mother of the child or the child for their safety. "That was her teammate man. They were always together," the mother said. "They knew he was a father so why would you do that?"The mother of Lindsey's daughter says she spoke to him hours before the shooting. She says she never expected to get a call from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office with the news. "I tried so hard for her dad and her to have a relationship," the mother said.He was teaching his daughter how to play softball. The two were inseparable. His daughter even wrote a poem about her dad's passing at school this week.So far, no arrests have been made in this case, but this mother is determined to change that. "I tell her every day we're going to fight. I'm going to fight to my day and help as much as I can to get justice for her father because that was her everything. That's all she knew," the mother said. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Criminal Investigations Section, was contacted and is leading the investigation.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Mt. Healthy Police Department or the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department at 513-728-3183 or 513-825-2280

A woman in Mount Healthy is speaking out after the father of her young daughter was shot and killed.

She wants justice as police look for the suspect after gunfire erupted at an apartment on Clovernook Avenue.

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Police tell us 53-year-old Willie Lindsey was shot and killed Friday morning. He leaves behind a 9-year-old daughter. We're not identifying the mother of the child or the child for their safety.

"That was her teammate man. They were always together," the mother said. "They knew he was a father so why would you do that?"

The mother of Lindsey's daughter says she spoke to him hours before the shooting. She says she never expected to get a call from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office with the news.

"I tried so hard for her dad and her to have a relationship," the mother said.

He was teaching his daughter how to play softball. The two were inseparable. His daughter even wrote a poem about her dad's passing at school this week.

So far, no arrests have been made in this case, but this mother is determined to change that.

"I tell her every day we're going to fight. I'm going to fight to my day and help as much as I can to get justice for her father because that was her everything. That's all she knew," the mother said.

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Criminal Investigations Section, was contacted and is leading the investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Mt. Healthy Police Department or the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department at 513-728-3183 or 513-825-2280