Story By: Felicia Jordan , Grace Hamilton and Molly Schramm| WCPO A 13-year-old has died more than a week after a shooting in the Eastside neighborhood of Covington, the Covington Police Department said. Police said the 13-year-old, who they have not identified, died Sunday after the shooting on Friday, April 24. Around 11:30 p.m. Friday, officers responded […]
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Community looks at youth violence after 12-year-old shot in Covington
Community leaders in Northern Kentucky are looking at how to address youth violence after a 12-year-old was shot multiple times in Covington Sunday. “It’s a very tragic situation, and we never want to see that in any community across our nation,” said Jerome Bowles, president of the Northern Kentucky branch of the National Association for […]
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1 hospitalized after Covington police shoot bank robbery suspect
Two Covington police officers are on administrative leave as Kentucky State Police investigate an officer-involved shooting. Covington police said officers responded to reports of an armed robbery at the US Bank in the 600 block of Madison Avenue at around 3 p.m. Friday. When officers arrived, they “encountered a man matching the suspect’s description” less […]
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Police: Covington officer fatally shot man ‘during a violent struggle’
Written by Felicia Jordan and Madeline Ottilie for WCPO A man is dead after being shot by a Covington police officer, according to Kentucky State Police, who are investigating the incident. KSP said the shooting happened around 12:20 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. According to KSP, a man was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical […]
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Latonia shooting suspect turns himself in to police
A man wanted in connection with a Feb. 1 shooting at the Cappel Sports Complex in Latonia turned himself into the Kenton County Detention Center Wednesday night. Per a press release from the Covington Police Department, Nicolas Turner is thought to be involved in an incident that began with an emergency call for a car […]
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Cincinnati police: Officers shot murder suspect in front of mother
Cincinnati Police’s Fugitive Apprehension Squad went to Covington Monday morning to interview the mother of a person suspected in a Hamilton County killing when the suspect, who police say they didn’t know was inside, came outside with a gun pointed at them, according to Lt. Col. Theresa A. Theetge. Body camera footage, police said, showed […]
