CINCINNATI — A teenager is dead after a shooting in Over-the-Rhine Thursday night, the Cincinnati Police Department said.
CPD said a 16-year-old boy was shot in the chest at an apartment on the 1300 block of Vine Street.
He was taken to UC Medical Center, where he died. The Hamilton County coroner later identified the teen as Rasheed Mills.
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Police said the suspect in the shooting fled the scene.
Mills' father told us the teen was a sophomore at Taft High School and worked for 3CDC at Washington Park, as well as a diabetes camp counselor. His father said the teen loved playing video games with his dad, professional wrestling and making others laugh.
Another OTR resident, who asked not to be named, said Mills "stayed to himself," was outgoing, driven and hard working.
According to Cincinnati police crime data, the incident marks the fifth homicide in OTR in 2025 and the third just this last month.
Here's a look at all the shootings (gray dots) and homicides (red dots) in OTR this year, as of June 17 — meaning Mills' homicide is not yet included in the data provided by CPD:
On average, OTR has seen roughly one homicide in the first half of the year, over the past three years. That means this year, crime is up 400% so far in the neighborhood.
This time last year, Cincinnati police reported zero homicides by this point in the year.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call the homicide unit at 513-352-3542.
