CINCINNATI — One person is dead after a shooting in the West End Tuesday morning, according to the Cincinnati Police Department.
Police said officers responded to the 800 block of West Liberty Street for a reported shooting just before 8:30 a.m.
Police said 36-year-old Anthony Creer Jr. was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center where he later died from his injuries.
Robert Davis, 33, was arrested for murder in connection with the shooting Tuesday, according to police.
Inside the crime scene tape, a Metro bus was parked at a bus stop. Officers told us the victim was shot while they were getting off the bus at that stop. Investigators placed evidence markers near a black backpack close to the bus stop and a white sneaker, which was sitting underneath the step to get on the bus.
"I heard the shooting, so I looked over the balcony, because I'm on the ninth floor, and I'm like, 'wow, man, these guys need to put down guns and pick up a Bible, get some real focus,'" Don Adams, who lives in an apartment near the shooting scene, said. "This is really sad. This (has) got to stop."
Adams is no stranger to gun violence. Two years ago in May 2024, he became the victim of it himself when someone shot and injured him and two other teens just one block away from Tuesday's shooting.
"Coming from church on a Sunday," he said. "Two guys (were) shot that way. It hit me and came out my shoulder."
Neighbor Hoseley Thomas, who usually rides the same Metro bus involved in the shooting, also heard the gunfire, saying around three to four shots were fired.
"Normally, it's a quiet route. (Route) 16 is pretty quiet," Thomas said. "Good thing I wasn't on it, because normally I get up in the morning time and take the bus."
