CINCINNATI — A 40-year-old man was arrested after killing a person with a “homemade wooden club.”
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Andre Michael Redmond was charged with murder for a death that occurred in the 1800 block of Hewitt Ave, our news partners WCPO-9 TV reported.
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Cincinnati police officers responded to Hewitt Ave just before 3 p.m. Tuesday for a person who had been found dead.
The Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) did not identify the victim and told WCPO-9 TV that it was a “suspicious death” investigation being handled by the Homicide Unit.
Police did not originally release any suspect information.
According to Hamilton County court records obtained by WCPO-9 TV, Redmond allegedly caused the death of a person by blunt force trauma from a “homemade wooden club.”
Redmond is currently being held at the Hamilton County Jail and is expected to be in court on Wednesday morning.
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