CINCINNATI — A man is in jail after a double shooting near a park Thursday night in Cincinnati.
At 11:15 p.m., Cincinnati police were dispatched to the 900 block of Burton Avenue, near MLK Park in Avondale, on reports of a shooting, according to our media partners in WCPO-9 TV.
Upon arrival, officers went inside an apartment and found 42-year-old Kenyada Wheeler and a man in his 20s suffering from gunshot wounds.
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Wheeler died on scene and the other victim was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, WCPO-9 reported.
It is not immediately clear how severe the man’s injuries are.
40-year-old John Williams was arrested and charged with murder, according to a spokesperson from the Cincinnati Police Department.
Police are asking those with information to reach out to CPD’s Homicide Unit at (513)-352-3542.
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