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Police identify Avondale homicide victim

Posted at 12:15 PM, Oct 12, 2015
and last updated 2015-10-12 12:15:08-04

CINCINNATI -- A man is dead after being critically wounded in a shooting Thursday.

Henry Cheatham, 32, died at University of Cincinnati Medical Center on Saturday.

Cheatham was shot during an attack in Avondale at about 8:38 p.m. Thursday in the 700 block of Ridgeway Avenue.

At the time, police officers had to clear a chaotic crowd so that medics could get in to treat the victim.

The shooting happened near the same spot where a young girl fell victim to gunfire in July.

No other details have been provided.