CINCINNATI — Friends and family are mourning the loss of a youth football coach in College Hill after he was shot and killed Tuesday night.
Cincinnati police said 37-year-old Jermaine Knox was shot in the 1700 block of Larch Ave near the College Hill Rec Center just before 8 p.m. When officers responded, they pronounced Knox dead at the scene. A second shooting victim was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries, police said.
Knox was killed just steps away from where he coached kids in a youth football league. WCPO's crews saw multiple kids in football gear when we responded to the scene of the shooting around 9 p.m. Tuesday night.
JoAnn Wolf, who lives down the road from where Knox coached, got to know him over time and says the loss is a tough one.
"He was always here early, unpacking equipment, putting out coolers putting out cases of water," Wolf said. "Always says 'hello, how are you?'"
Wolf heard the shooting Tuesday night.
"It sounded like it was right out in my front yard. Four quick shots, and then two shots after that," Wolf said.
Wolf said there were kids in the area of the shooting.
"And you could just hear I mean kids crying and screaming," Wolf said.
CPD's Homicide Unit is investigating the shooting and did not release any further details about what led up to the shooting. They haven't announced any arrests or suspect information.
If you have any information on the shooting, you're asked to call CPD's homicide unit at 513-352-3542.
"He's gonna be a huge loss to these kids, their parents, their families. I can't imagine what his own family's going through right now. Because he was all about the kids… all about the kids," Wolf said.
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