CINCINNATI — One person has been fatally shot by a Cincinnati Police Department officer during a foot pursuit in East Price Hill, according to CPD Chief Teresa Theetge.
CPD spokesperson Lt. Jonathan Cunningham said no officers were hurt in the shooting, which happened around 10 a.m. near the 2500 block of Warsaw Avenue.
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Theetge said officers with the department's Fugitive Apprehension Squad, along with other uniformed officers, became aware of a stolen vehicle at an apartment complex on Warsaw.
When police approached the vehicle, four people ran from it, Theetge said. She said at least one of them was armed with a gun.
Police chased the people who ran from the vehicle, and Theetge said one CPD officer discharged their weapon toward the person who had a gun, hitting and killing them.
Theetge could not say where on their body the person was shot, nor did she know whether that person had aimed or fired at police before the CPD officer shot. Theetge said police did find a gun near the person who was shot.
The other three people continued to run from officers; Theetge said police have apprehended two of them, but one person remains at large.
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Theetge said officers used K-9 units and drones to search for and locate the alleged suspects.
Police have not released the identity of the person killed.
Theetge said CPD's homicide department are currently investigating the shooting.
