WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS AND THAT BREAKING NEWS. A WOODWARD HIGH STUDENT ATHLETE SHOT DURING A FOOTBALL GAME AGAINST NORTH COLLEGE HILL TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT TEN I’M CHRIS JACOBS. NORTH COLLEGE HILL’S SUPERINTENDENT SAYING HE’S TIRED OF THE VIOLENCE AND THEY MIGHT NOT PLAY ANOTHER HOME GAME FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RACHEL HERSHEIMMER LIVE AT THE SCENE GATHERING THE LATEST INFORMATION. RACHEL, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED OUT THERE? CHRIS WE HAVE LEARNED JUST MOMENTS AGO A FOOTBALL PLAYER FROM WOODWARD HIGH SCHOOL WAS INJURED DURING A SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE TONIGHT. WHILE THE SCHOOL WAS PLAYING AGAINST NORTH COLLEGE HILL. THIS INFORMATION IS ACCORDING TO CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THERE IS STILL A VERY HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED BEHIND US IN THE PARKING LOT. IT APPEARS, OF THE NORTH COLLEGE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS IS ABOUT 500FT AWAY FROM THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. IT APPEARS THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THAT PARKING LOT IN NORTH COLLEGE HILL. ACCORDING TO THE NORTH COLLEGE HILL SUPERINTENDENT, THIS HAPPENED AROUND 815. SO ABOUT AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES AFTER THIS GAME STARTED. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT. THERE’S NO REASON THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT MANY WEAPONS GUNS OUT HERE ON THE STREET. AND YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY, AS A PARENT, AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, I WOULD NEVER BLAME A SCHOOL FOR NOT WANTING TO COME TO NORTH COLLEGE HILL TO PLAY. WHY WOULD YOU? NOW, THIS COMES EXACTLY TWO WEEKS AFTER SHOTS WERE FIRED RIGHT NEAR THE STADIUM DURING A GAME AGAINST CINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS HURT IN THAT SHOOTING. TONIGHT WE CONFIRMED NORTH COLLEGE HILL’S HOMECOMING GAME IN OCTOBER WILL NOW BE PLAYED ON A SATURDAY MORNING FOOTBALL. PARENTS AT NORTH COLLEGE HILL TELLING WLWT SUMMIT COUNTRY DAY REQUESTED THAT CHANGE THE GAME, NOW SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH AT 11 A.M. BOTH SCHOOLS SENDING OUT A JOINT STATEMENT SAYING THEY AGREED WITH THAT CHANGE. BUT TONIGHT BACK HERE AT THIS STADIUM AGAIN, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT A WOODWARD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS INJURED IN THIS SHOOTING TONIGHT. THAT’S ACCORDING TO CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN THE CONDITION OF THAT PLAYER. FOR NOW, WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT IN
CPS: Woodward soccer participant shot throughout sport at North Faculty Hill stadium
North Faculty Hill’s soccer sport in opposition to Woodward got here to an abrupt halt Friday evening after gunshots had been fired close by for the second time this month.In response to North Faculty Hill superintendent Eugene Blalock Jr., photographs had been fired exterior the stadium, forcing an finish to the sport. In response to a spokesperson with Cincinnati Public Faculties, a soccer participant with Woodward Profession Technical Excessive College was injured within the taking pictures. The participant’s situation will not be recognized.”Cincinnati Public Faculties acknowledges this tragic occasion and our assist stays with the coed, their household, buddies and college neighborhood. CPS’ Disaster Response Group might be on-site to offer assist to college students as they return to high school Tuesday,” a press release from CPS stated.The taking pictures got here two weeks after photographs had been fired close to the stadium throughout a sport in opposition to Cincinnati Nation Day on Sept. 6. Nobody was injured in that incident.On Friday evening, Blalock stated Friday’s sport would be the final sport that might be performed at North Faculty Hill’s soccer stadium this season.This story was curated by Hearst’s WLWT Alert Desk.
North Faculty Hill’s soccer sport in opposition to Woodward got here to an abrupt halt Friday evening after gunshots had been fired close by for the second time this month.
In response to North Faculty Hill superintendent Eugene Blalock Jr., photographs had been fired exterior the stadium, forcing an finish to the sport.
In response to a spokesperson with Cincinnati Public Faculties, a soccer participant with Woodward Profession Technical Excessive College was injured within the taking pictures. The participant’s situation will not be recognized.
“Cincinnati Public Faculties acknowledges this tragic occasion and our assist stays with the coed, their household, buddies and college neighborhood. CPS’ Disaster Response Group might be on-site to offer assist to college students as they return to high school Tuesday,” a press release from CPS stated.
The taking pictures got here two weeks after photographs had been fired close to the stadium throughout a sport in opposition to Cincinnati Nation Day on Sept. 6. Nobody was injured in that incident.
On Friday evening, Blalock stated Friday’s sport would be the final sport that might be performed at North Faculty Hill’s soccer stadium this season.
This story was curated by Hearst’s WLWT Alert Desk.
