‘He was always supportive’ | Friend remembers OTR gym owner killed in stabbing

Outside of Findlay Movement in Over-the-Rhine, roughly a dozen flowers and notes remembering the gym’s late owner have been left on the sidewalk.

Patrick Heringer was stabbed and killed inside his home early Wednesday morning. Cincinnati police said Mordecia Black, 38, is charged with murder and aggravated burglary after he allegedly stabbed the Army veteran in the neck.

During his first court appearance Friday morning, prosecutors said Black is an “exceptionally dangerous individual.” The prosecuting attorney laid out Black’s lengthy criminal history, which includes charges of possession and trafficking in drugs, felonious assault and aggravated riot…

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