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AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE ARE INJURED AFTER TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS THIS MORNING. DETAILS ON THE SHOOTINGS AND WHAT LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE SAYING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO SUMMER. PLUS, A POTENTIAL ICE RAID IN EAST PRICE HILL, JOHN LONDON HAS MORE ON THE FBI INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY, AND WE’RE KEEPING THE DRY SKIES GOING THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES EVENTUALLY WARMING UP. I’LL TELL YOU WHEN 80S COULD ARRIVE NEXT WEEK, AND WHEN THAT NEXT RAIN CHANCE IS COMING BACK AS WELL. THIS IS NEWS FIVE LEADING THE WAY. A VIOLENT START TO SUMMER IN GREATER CINCINNATI. TWO SHOOTINGS JUST HOURS APART LEAVES AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE INJURED. CITY OFFICIALS NOW WORRIED ABOUT THIS CONCERNING TREND. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT 6:00. I’M LINDSAY STONE WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DAISY KERSHAW SPOKE WITH CITY OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AS WE MOVE CLOSER INTO SUMMER. BUT FIRST, HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT EACH OF THOSE SHOOTINGS. THE FIRST ONE HAPPENING JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT BETWEEN MONTGOMERY ROAD AND BREWSTER. THAT’S THERE IN EVANSTON. A 16 YEAR-OLD SHOT AND TAKEN TO UC MEDICAL CENTER. NOW, IT’S UNCLEAR HOW SEVERE THE TEEN’S INJURIES ARE AT THIS POINT. WE DO KNOW THAT INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING. THEN, JUST BEFORE 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON, A SHOOTING TOOK PLACE AT A HOME IN NORWOOD. TWO VICTIMS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WHEN OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE, TWO PEOPLE FLED. BUT OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT NEITHER OF THEM WERE THE SHOOTER. POLICE BELIEVE THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND THERE ARE NO COMMUNITY CONCERNS. MEANWHILE, THIS VIOLENT WEEKEND COMES AFTER CITY OFFICIALS SAID THAT GUN VIOLENCE WAS TRENDING DOWNWARD. NEWS FIVE’S DAISY KERSHAW CHECKING IN WITH FOLKS ON THE FRONT LINES FOR PREVENTION WORK. SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH MORE. HI, DAISY. HI THERE. LINDSAY. YOU KNOW, HERE IN THE CITY, PREVENTION IS AT THE HEART OF THE WORK BEING DONE. WE KNOW THAT THE SUMMER MONTHS ARE AMONG THE BUSIEST FOR POLICE AND FOR ANTI-VIOLENCE ADVOCATES. ALREADY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, WE’VE SEEN SEVERAL SHOOTINGS. ON THURSDAY NIGHT, FIVE SHOOTINGS WITHIN 24 HOURS, PUTTING CINCINNATI POLICE ON HIGH ALERT HEADING INTO THIS WEEKEND. THEN TODAY, TWO MORE SHOOTINGS IN OUR AREA. CINCINNATI POLICE DID SHARE LAST WEEK THAT SHOOTINGS IN THE CITY ARE DOWN 30% FROM A YEAR AGO. WHILE LAYING OUT PLANS FOR SUMMER SAFETY BUT ANTI-VIOLENCE ADVOCATE TARA POWELL, PRESIDENT OF THE EAST WESTWOOD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, TELLS ME THERE’S STILL SO MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO CURB THIS VIOLENCE, SAYING IT’S GOING TO BE ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FOR ADVOCATES IN THE CITY. AS WE HEAD INTO JUNE. I THINK THAT THERE ARE SO MANY RESOURCES HERE IN THE CITY. THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THEM, AND THEY DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO THEM OR EVEN KNOW WHERE TO GO. AND THAT IS A BIG PIECE OF WHAT WE DO TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO WHAT THEY NEED. A LOT OF TIMES THEY JUST ARE UNAWARE OF WHAT THEY’RE ELIGIBLE FOR OR WHAT’S AVAILABLE TO THEM AND WHERE TO GO. FIND THAT HELP. AND AS FOR THE SUMMER SAFETY PROGRAMING THAT CINCINNATI POLICE WILL BE DOING, WE’RE TOLD THERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUTREACH INITIATIVES. THEY’LL ALSO BE CLOSELY MONITORING CHRONIC HOTSPOTS FOR VIOLENCE, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO RECOVER SOME STOLEN GUNS AND JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE AREA. REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT FROM CINCINNATI POLICE DISTRICT TWO DAISY KERSHAW WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE THERE. MEANWHILE, EAST PRICE HILL EXPERIENCING ANOTHER WEEKEND OF FEAR. WHAT APPEARED TO BE FEDERAL AGENTS TOOK THREE MEN INTO CUSTODY THIS MORNING. IT’S NOT CLEAR IF THEY ARE UNDOCUMENTED OR NOT. IT HAPPENED RIGHT OUTSIDE THE KROGER STORE THERE ON WARSAW AVENUE. NEWS FIVE’S JOHN LONDON IS THERE AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. HI, JOHN. YEAH. LINDSAY. LOOK, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES HAVE SPENT ALL DAY TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THE THREE MEN WERE TAKEN AND WHY. AND SO FAR, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE MUCH. THIS IS VIDEO YOU’RE GOING TO SEE HERE, TAKEN AROUND 9:00 THIS MORNING BY COMMUNITY ADVOCATE NANCY SULLIVAN. THE AGENTS APPEAR TO BE WITH HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS. WORD OF THE DETENTIONS SPREAD RAPIDLY THROUGH WHAT IS A LARGE LATINO SECTION OF EAST PRICE HILL. THERE ARE A DOZEN LATINO BUSINESSES JUST IN THE BLOCK ACROSS FROM THE KROGER STORE WHERE THIS HAPPENED. ONE NEIGHBOR, A LONGTIME CITIZEN AND ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY, DESCRIBED THE IMPACT OF THIS ON ONE FAMILY AS THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD WAS TAKEN AWAY, THREE LITTLE GIRLS WERE CRYING INSIDE THE CAR AND THE MOM WAS SHAKING. SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. SHE DID NOT WANT TO OPEN THE DOOR AND I WOULD TELL ME IT’S ME BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THEIR FACES. IT’S ME. SO THEY. SO WE OPENED THE DOOR AND WE TRIED TO CONSOLE THEM FOR A LITTLE BIT. WE TOLD THEM WE WERE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON EVERYTHING, AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO ARRANGE TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THE CAR WAS THERE. SHE COULD NOT DRIVE. WALTER VASQUEZ BELIEVES THAT THESE THREE DETENTIONS WEREN’T THE ONLY ARRESTS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY. SO FAR, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM WHERE THE MEN WERE TAKEN, WHERE THEY ARE BEING HELD, OR WHETHER ANY CHARGES HAVE BEEN LEVELED AGAINST THEM. LIVE IN EAST PRICE HILL, JOHN LONDON WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT, JOHN, THANK YOU. WELL, TURNING OUR ATTENTION NOW TO THE FORECAST. WHAT A SATURDAY SUNSHINE. BEAUTIFUL WEATHER. AND OF COURSE, WE ARE HOPING THAT STICKS AROUND THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. LET’S SEND THINGS OVER TO ADAM BURNISTON TO SEE IF THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. HI, ADAM. YEAH, LINDSY DEFINITELY A GREAT START TO THIS WEEKEND AFTER JUST A RAINY DAY YESTERDAY, WE FINALLY KICKED IT OUT EARLY. EARLY PARTS OF THIS MORNING. THE LAST BIT OF RAIN MOVED THROUGH AND NOW THOSE TEMPERATURES. NOT TOO BAD OUT THERE. 73 RIGHT NOW. STILL ABOUT 5 TO 6 DEGREES BELOW OUR AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT NONETHELESS A NICE DAY. LITTLE BREEZY OUT THERE. NORTHWEST WINDS RIGHT NOW AT 21 MILES AN HOUR. WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN GETTING UP TO 30 AT TIMES TODAY, SO WE WILL STILL HOLD ON TO THAT FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. BUT GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 70S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA, WITH 71 IN MASON TO 75 IN OXFORD, 72 OUT THERE IN BATESVILLE, OLDENBURG, 74 FROM UNION AND DOWN INTO WALTON, KENTUCKY. SO FOR ANY OF THOSE EVENING PLANS, WHETHER IT’S FC CINCINNATI GOING OUT TO THE SUMMER FAIRE FESTIVAL OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE’LL HAVE THE 60S LASTING THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN AFTER SUNSET INTO LATER TONIGHT IS WHEN WE FINALLY DROP BELOW 60 INTO THE 50S AND INTO EVENTUALLY THE 40S FOR TOMORROW MORNING. BUT OTHERWISE WE’RE KEEPING THE NICE WEATHER GOING FOR THIS WEEKEND WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND EVENTUALLY 80S RETURNING FOR NEXT WEE

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