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Coroner IDs man shot, killed inside Norwood home, suspect on the run

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NORWOOD, Ohio — The Hamilton County Coroner's Office has identified the man who was shot and killed in Norwood early Monday morning.

Norwood police responded to the report of a shooting around 1 a.m. Monday at a home on Hunter Avenue.

When they arrived, they found one man in his 20s suffering from at least one gunshot wound to the chest.

He was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center where he later died, Norwood police said.

The Hamilton County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 26-year-old Douglas Lee Palmer Jr.

At least two witnesses have been questioned, investigators said. A WCPO crew on the scene could see one person in handcuffs. However, police said the suspect is on the run.

According to police, this was not a random shooting.

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