The Kenton County Police Department issued an update to a shooting early Saturday in Crescent Springs, where an officer was flagged down at the Sunoco on Buttermilk Pike.
Initially, officers didn’t know where the shooting occurred or who shot the victim, who was transported to University of Cincinnati Medical Center with serious injuries.
Investigators with the Kenton County Police Department determined that Skylar Onishea, of Independence, was driving on Interstate 75 southbound from Covington when Brayden Smith, who was in the backseat of the car, shot her.
“The vehicle stopped on the interstate and Smith fled the scene,” said a Kenton County Police press release. “Another passenger drove the victim to the Sunoco.”
Smith, 20, was later located and taken into custody at the Kenton County Detention Center, according to police. He was charged with first-degree assault and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.