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Four people, including the suspect, are dead following a shooting at a bank in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday morning.
The Cincinnati Police Department tweeted that there had been an “active shooter/officer” situation at the Fifth Third Bank, which is on Walnut Street in the busy downtown area.
“Five victims injured, three dead. Suspect is dead. Three or four officers responded and engaged the shooter,” the department wrote.
@CincyPD UPDATE: active shooter/officer involved shooting incident at Fifth Third Bank at 511 Walnut Street in lobby and loading dock. Call received at 9:10am. Five victims injured, three dead. Suspect is dead. Three or four officers responded and engaged the shooter. pic.twitter.com/AlRP6wTANw
— Cincinnati Police Department (@CincyPD) September 6, 2018
At 9:10 a.m., the shooter opened fire at the loading dock of the Fifth Third Bank building and then entered the lobby, where he continued firing, Police Chief Eliot Isaac said at a press event after the shooting.
The shooter and police exchanged fire in the lobby, and it wasn’t yet clear if the suspect shot himself or if police did, Isaac said.
JUST IN: Five victims, three of whom have died, following shooting in downtown Cincinnati, authorities say; suspect is deceased. https://t.co/RuJkXeDpqS pic.twitter.com/NThtDzq5bh
— ABC News (@ABC) September 6, 2018
There were five victims, and three of those victims have died.
Their identities have not yet been released.
Isaac tweeted, “Thank you to @CincyPD officers and @CincyFireEMS who acted bravely and arrived in seconds to assist in today’s shooting. Things happening across the country and we all have to be vigilant and prepared at all times.”
Thank you to @CincyPD officers and @CincyFireEMS who acted bravely and arrived in seconds to assist in today’s shooting. Things happening across the country and we all have to be vigilant and prepared at all times. https://t.co/MDjucuiE3T
— Chief Eliot K. Isaac (@ChiefEIsaac) September 6, 2018
