Mass shooting in Corryville, near UC campus, leaves three dead, two injured (2024)

A Cincinnati crime scene investigator puts a deceased male in a body bag body on the sidewalk on East University Avenue in Corryville. An early morning shooting left three dead and two injured, Monday, July 1, 2024. Most of the placards, which numbered as high as 99, were around the house at 306 E. University Ave., in the background.

Cincinnati police and crime scene investigators examine a wheelchair on the sidewalk on East University Avenue in Corryville. An early morning shooting left three dead and two injured, Monday, July 1, 2024. Most of the placards, which numbered as high as 99, were around the house at 306 E. University Ave., just down the street.

Cincinnati police and crime scene investigators at the scene of an early morning shooting that left three dead and two injured on East University Avenue in Corryville, Monday, July 1, 2024. Most of the placards, which numbered as high as 99, were around this house at 306 E. University Ave. The wording next to the front door says Patient, Gentle, Humble, Loving.

Cincinnati police and crime scene investigators examine the body of a male on the sidewalk on East University Avenue in Corryville. An early morning shooting left three dead and two injured, Monday, July 1, 2024. Most of the placards, which numbered as high as 99, were around the house at 306 E. University Ave., in the background.

Placards one and two at the spot were one of three victims were killed in an early morning shooting on East University Avenue at Highland Avenue in Corryville, Monday, July1, 2024. Most of the placards, which numbered as high as 99, were around the house at 306 E. University Ave.

Ronald Caulton, 75, talks about hearing the shots during an early morning shooting on East University Avenue at Highland Avenue in Corryville, Monday, July 1, 2024. Caulton, a Vietnam veteran who lives one block over, said he knew it was a shooting and not fireworks. Three people died and two were injured. Cincinnati police are investigating.

Blood can be seen on crime scene tape from Cincinnati police on Donahue Street where an early morning shooting left three dead and two injured, Monday, July 1, 2024. Most of the crime scene was on East University Avenue at Highland Avenue.

Blood on the sidewalk on Donahue Street at Highland Avenue in Corryville, Monday July 1, 2024. An early morning shooting left three dead and two injured. Most of the crime scene was on East University Avenue at Highland Avenue. The fire department tried to clean some of the blood off the sidewalk. The trail of blood leads to the house at 306. E. University Ave. where most of the crime scene is located.

Blood spatters on the sidewalk on Donahue Street at Highland Avenue in Corryville, Monday, July 1, 2024. An early morning shooting left three dead and two injured. Most of the crime scene was on East University Avenue at Highland Avenue.

Cincinnati police assist crime scene investigators at the scene of an early morning shooting that left three dead and two injured on East University Avenue in Corryville, Monday, July 1, 2024. Most of the placards, which numbered as high as 99, were around this house at 306 E. University Ave. The wording next to the front door says Patient, Gentle, Humble, Loving.

A Cincinnati crime scene investigator takes photos at the scene of an early morning shooting that left three dead and two injured on East University Avenue in Corryville, Monday, July 1, 2024. Most of the placards, which numbered as high as 99, were around this house at 306 E. University Ave.

Cincinnati police on the scene of an early morning shooting on East University Avenue at Hamilton Avenue in Corryville, Monday, July 1, 2024. Three died and two were injured in the early morning shooting. One of the bodies is at right.

Cincinnati police block off Highland Avenue in Corryville, between Donahue and East University Avenue, after an early morning shooting left three dead and two injured, Monday, July 1, 2024.

Crime scene tape around a pole on Highland Avenue in Corryville. An early morning shooting left three dead and two injured, Monday, July 1, 2024. Cincinnati police had several blocks cordoned off as they investigated.

Homes along East University, just down from where three people were killed and two injured in an early morning shooting in Corryville, Monday, July 1, 2024. Streets were blocked off from Highland Avenue to Burnett Avenue.

Crime scene tape closes East University at Highland Avenue in Corryville. An early morning shooting left three dead and two injured, Monday, July 1, 2024. Cincinnati police had several blocks cordoned off as they investigated.