COLUMBUS, OHIO — Two men have been arrested in connection with the weekend Shooting inside a nightclub in Cincinnati Police said on Tuesday that nine people were injured.
Frank Cobb, 24, and Derek Long, 29, were arrested Monday on charges of felonious assault, the Cincinnati Police Department said in a news release. No attorneys for the two were listed in court records as of Tuesday morning.
The shooting happened around 1 a.m. Sunday inside Riverfront Live along the Ohio River in the city’s east end. Officers respond to reports of a shooting I found nine people Injuries resulting from gunshots.
All were taken to hospitals and are in stable condition, officials said.
Police have not publicly discussed a motive or released details about what led to the shooting. The department’s homicide unit is investigating.
The FBI is assisting in the investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives previously offered a $5,000 reward for information identifying the suspect.
The shooting broke out during a birthday celebration hosted by Jermaine Tandy, also known as DJ Fresh, according to a post on his Facebook page. The department representing Tandy said in a statement they were “devastated” by the violence, calling it a “senseless act.”
Witness Anton Canada told The Associated Press that he heard what sounded like fighting before the shots rang out. As people were rushing toward the exits, Kennedy’s friend fell, so he lay on top of her to prevent her from being run over.
“I don’t think it was like they were doing it intentionally or intentionally, I just think no one wanted to die there,” he said.
When he got out, Kennedy learned that his cousin was one of the people he shot. He said he used a cloth from a nearby car to apply pressure to her wounds until first responders arrived. He spoke to her later and said she was “doing well” but was in shock.
Although it happened Almost simultaneously together Deadly shooting at a bar in AustinIn Texas, an ATF spokesman said earlier this week that the Cincinnati shooting is not believed to be an act of terrorism.
Riverfront Live is located along the Ohio River, not far from the popular Riverbend Music Center, which is closed in the winter. Portions of the property previously bore the names Stage-Forty-Three and Inner Circle, but is best known as the former site of Annie’s, a popular rock club that hosted popular rock and heavy metal groups in the 1990s and early 2000s. It was rebranded as Riverfront Live in 2018 after attracting attention for criminal activity.