A taking pictures close to the College of Cincinnati campus left three folks lifeless and two others injured within the early hours of Monday morning.

In response to WXIX-TV, WCPO-TV, and USA Right this moment, officers from the Cincinnati Police Division had been patrolling the world of Highland and East College avenues at 2:50 a.m. after they heard a number of gunshots close by.

College students had been notified concerning the incident minutes later.

“UC Emergency- Police responding to emergency reported on Highland/E College. If secure, keep at your location. Be observant/take motion as wanted,” a 2:54 AM submit on X from the college’s public security division reads.

A couple of minutes later, the division confirmed on X that police had been on the scene, additional advising neighborhood members to remain indoors and that “extra information” can be out there quickly.

Upon arrival, police discovered 4 male victims, considered one of whom was pronounced lifeless on the scene, the retailers reported. The three different victims had been transported to native hospitals, the place two of them had been pronounced lifeless. A fifth sufferer additionally confirmed up on the hospital later, the retailers reported.

Whereas the incident stays underneath investigation, police reportedly noticed somebody run into a house with a firearm, and was later positioned in police custody. It stays unclear if that individual was the shooter. PEOPLE has reached out to the the Cincinnati Police Division for remark.

About an hour after the primary alert went out, the College of Cincinnati’s public security division wrote on X, “UC Emergency:ALL CLEAR Officers responded to Highland/ E College for a taking pictures. Suspect in custody and police will keep heavy presence.”

Space resident Ronald Caulton recalled listening to pictures escape in an interview with WCPO-TV.

“I used to be laying in my mattress and I began listening to one thing that appears like shotguns, about 4 blasts. I say anyone celebrating the 4th very early after which after that, there was perhaps about eight or 9 different pictures, proper? And I am like ‘Good heavens!’ I say that’s not no firecrackers,” stated Caulton.

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“I say that is gunshots, , and so then my daughter, she was already in there calling 911,” he added.