CINCINNATI — Cincinnati police have arrested a man accused of shooting and injuring a mother and her two children early Christmas morning.
The woman and her children were taken to hospitals Thursday morning after they were shot in their vehicle, according to Cincinnati police.
Police told us that just before 3 a.m., a woman and her two daughters, aged 10 and 15, were driving on Central Avenue near Kindel Street in the West End, when all three of them were shot by another driver.
That other driver is allegedly 58-year-old James Brown, who now faces three counts of felonious assault. Police said Brown initially fled the shooting scene in a silver Impala.
Watch: Everything we know so far about the shooting
At the scene, a WCPO crew saw a dark SUV with multiple bullet holes in the side; the SUV's driver-side windows were both shattered as well.
All three people shot are expected to survive their wounds; police said one of the children was hit in the leg, but officers were not sure where the other two victims were hit.
The children were transported to Cincinnati Children's Hospital, while their mother was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, CPD said.
In court Friday morning, a judge ordered Brown be held on a $900,000 bond — $300,000 for each charge.
Court records show the woman who was shot and Brown knew one another before the Christmas morning shooting. Since 2022, Brown has been charged four separate times, accused of either assaulting the woman or destroying her property — but all four cases were ultimately thrown out.
Court records do not stipulate why the charges against Brown were ultimately dropped or dismissed.
