SYCAMORE TWP., Ohio — A 37-year-old man was charged with felonious assault on Monday in relation to a shooting in Sycamore Township on Sunday.
At approximately 2:40 a.m. on Sunday, Hamilton County deputies responded to the intersection of Blue Ash Road and Kugler Mill Road for reports of a male who had been shot.
The victim was found to have been shot in the ankle and was transported to Bethesda North with non-life threatening injuries, the sheriff's office said.
The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle. Using video evidence, the sheriff's office later identified Terrance Bennie as the suspect.
During interviews with the deputies, Bennie stated he and the victim had an altercation at another bar earlier that evening. When the two encountered each other again at a second bar in Sycamore Township, another altercation occurred.
Bennie shot the victim with a pistol named "The Judge," which fires shotgun shells loaded with bird shot pellet, the sheriff's office said. Bennie told deputies he had disposed of this weapon and led authorities to the location of the pistol used in the shooting.
Bennie stated the victim had flashed a handgun at him and during arraignment claimed self-defense.
Bennie was arrested and appeared in court on Monday morning, He was released on a $50,000 bond with a order to stay away from the victim. Bennie is scheduled to next appear in court on June 14.
According to court documents the victim has refused to cooperate with authorities.
