Nine people sustained injuries after a mass shooting at a music venue in Cincinnati, Ohio, early Sunday morning.

“City officials say the search for a suspect or suspects remains ongoing, but have limited additional details so far on the investigation,” WLWT reports.

WLWT has more:

The first call came in around 1 a.m. for a report of a shooting at Riverfront Live along Kellogg Avenue. Interim Chief Adam Hennie says multiple shots were fired inside the venue.

Hennie says detailed officers were working the parking lot at the event, so they were able to quickly dispatch multiple units.

Hennie says roughly between 500-600 people were at the venue at the time shots rang out.

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Police on scene tell us nine people suffered gunshot wounds. All were taken to UC Medical Center or Good Samaritan Hospital, with no deaths reported.

A spokesperson from UC Health told WLWT on Sunday they received eight patients in total from the shooting: six have been treated and released, two remain in stable condition.

Police have said that no suspect or suspects have been apprehended yet in the case. There’s no suspect information at this time or details on what may have caused the shooting.

In the hours after the shooting, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) confirmed in a statement that they are assisting Cincinnati police in their investigation of the incident. The department says that they are “deploying all resources to identify those responsible and seek justice for the victims.”

FOX19 NOW released footage of the moment people ran out of the venue following the shooting.

Watch below:

“Overnight in the East End, our community was victim to a senseless mass shooting. Thank you to the officers on site, the first responders for their immediate action, and all the hospital staff who worked to save lives this morning,” Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval said.

FOX19 NOW shared further:

Riverfront Live, a 16-and-over music venue in the East End, was hosting a birthday party that began at 10 p.m. Saturday, according to an Instagram post from DJ Fresh.

Antoinette Coates says her 35-year-old son is among the victims injured in the shooting. She said her son was shot four times, but he is expected to be okay.

“If you’re going to be having these parties, protect your people,” Coates emphasized. “Evidently, they’re letting people in without searching them, and they’re letting guns in, or they’re letting people bring guns, but I could have lost my son because somebody is being too cheap or too careless.”

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Angel Potts, the mother of a 25-year-old victim, said her daughter was with a group of friends celebrating a friend’s birthday when the shooting began.

“She was leaving the bathroom and there was a few people in front of her and that’s when they started hearing the gunshots,” Potts said. “And then she said they just dropped down and some of them went running and she went running towards the door and went out of the door and jumped the fence and went across to a United Dairy Farmer.”

Potts said her daughter believed security measures at the door would keep her safe.

“They charge them $60 or $50 to get into this establishment and then they’re not safe,” Potts said. “And then they’re letting people in that are not good people or have firearms on them when they were frisked on through the door. She said they patted her down, so she thought she would be safe.”

Potts described her daughter’s condition following the incident.

“Very distraught, anxiety is up at the emergency room. She’s being checked out and it’s not good. She’s a little banged up,” Potts said.

 

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