CINCINNATI — One man is dead after a Cincinnati police officer hit him with his police cruiser, CPD confirmed late Thursday night.
The crash occurred at approximately 5:56 p.m. in the area of Este and Chickering Avenues in Spring Grove Village, police said.
FOP President Ken Kober said the officer was responding to reports of a person shot near Spring Grove Village when he hit a man attempting to cross the street in front of a Metro bus. That man has been identified as 19-year-old Amir Jordan.
Jordan was taken to UC Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, according to police. The officer was not injured in the crash
“Police officers take as much care as possible when they’re responding to a reported shooting with their lights and sirens on,” Kober said in a statement. “The Cincinnati FOP and its members are praying for the young man who was hit and for the officer involved.”
Spring Grove resident Norma Bryant said police are often in the area, so she didn't notice much until "it got to be a bit much."
"I hear the police coming up and down all the time so I don't really pay too much attention until it got really noisy," she said.
Kober said the officer had his lights and sirens on, and Jordan was not in a crosswalk. Bryant and other residents said the crash points to broader pedestrian issues.
"There's a bus stop right there, no crosswalk, I see people run across the street all the time," Andrea Bauer said.
Bryant called for the inclusion of a crosswalk, stop light or something else to increase safety.
Police said they are treating the investigation like "any other" traffic crash. Any witnesses to the crash are asked to contact CPD's Traffic Unit at 513-352-2514.
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