CINCINNATI — A 17-year-old is dead after a shooting early Monday morning in the CUF neighborhood, Cincinnati police said.
CPD said they received a call about shots being fired on Straight Street around 2 a.m., but when police arrived they did not find a victim. Police said family and neighbors discovered Edwin M. Arrington dead around 5:45 a.m. outside of a house.
There was a large police presence on Straight Street in CUF, with the roadway blocked off and caution tape stretched across the entire street.
Neighbors told WCPO 9 that they heard gunfire three different times in the early morning hours. The first time, they heard six shots, the second time five shots and then one shot.
"We hear fireworks going off and stuff like that," Aguscin Arredondo said. "Then we heard them again, couple hours later we heard some pop offs. All of a sudden, my wife is like there's cop cars there's flashes and lights."
"Every time I hear something about one of these youth, 18, 19, I'm thinking they are one of my kids," Jesse Carradine said. "I kept them out of trouble because when they were out here in the gym, by the time they got home, they do their homework, it's time to go to bed, now they're stealing cars, they're selling drugs, they're doing all kinds of stuff and these were some of the kids in the program."
Carradine used to run the Carradine Youth Boxing Club, which is feet away from where the shooting took place. A fire destroyed the building last year that was home to some businesses and his boxing club. The site is now under construction. For him, the shooting is personal.
"That's what we need, that team bonding, definitely build this neighborhood, but nobody out here is willing to help," Carradine said. "I tell everybody, I'm 57 years old, man I'm in the fourth quarter of my life, I'm just trying to give back, I'm trying to get into overtime by giving back to the kids."
Police have not said if they have any suspect information.
CPD Homicide Unit is investigating and anyone with information is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 513-352-3542.
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