16-year-old CPS student killed in OTR shooting

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Cincinnati police are investigating a shooting that killed a 16-year-old Taft High School student in Over-The-Rhine Thursday.

The sound of celebratory firecrackers echoed throughout Over-The-Rhine Thursday night, masking the sounds of gunshots from an apartment unit on Vine Street.

“We live right across the street,” said neighbor Ronda Lawson. “We sit here in this park every day. Every day, we go in at about 9 or 10 p.m. We were sitting out here, and then firecrackers went off.”…

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