CINCINNATI — Four people were injured in an early Tuesday morning shooting in Northside, according to a release from the Cincinnati Police Department.
At around 1:51 a.m. on Tuesday, officers were dispatched to the scene of a possible shooting in the 4000 block of Hamilton Avenue. They found four victims with gunshot wound injuries.
Three of the victims were transported to local hospitals; two were listed as stable, one as in critical condition, according to police. The fourth victim refused medical treatment, police said.
Footage from nearby surveillance cameras shows several people in the transit center parking lot at the time of the shooting. Four cars are parked in spots on the south end of the lot.
At one point, a man gets out of a car holding a long gun and walks north, out of frame. Moments later, another man gets out of a car holding a pistol, then points it in the direction the other man walked, fires several rounds and runs back into a car.
WATCH: Four people injured in Northside shooting early Tuesday morning
People are seen running and ducking for cover as one of the parked cars speeds out of the lot. It is unclear if the man holding the long gun also returns fire.
Police have not provided information on what led to the shooting. Officers said they are still working on a suspect description. Police say they believe this is an isolated incident, with no ongoing threat to the community.
"Of course it's alarming. It's sad that someone has to be shot in this community," Reginald Stroud, a nearby business owner, said.
Stroud has run a store on Hamilton Avenue for more than a decade. His shop was not hit by overnight gunfire, unlike others on the block that suffered damaged windows and bullet holes.
Despite the incident, Stroud said shootings are rare in Northside and he feels safe remaining in the area.
"It's one heartbeat up the street past Blue Rock, and it's a different heartbeat down here, in terms of the type of people," Stroud said. "But it is not, by any stretch of the imagination, violent."
Tuesday's shooting is the second in three months to rattle the Knowlton Corner area. In February, two people were killed and two others were injured in a shooting outside the Spotlight Lounge.
