Police: Father, son among 3 men killed in Corryville mass shooting

Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer
Updated ·2 min read

The Hamilton County Coroner's Office has identified the three men killed in a mass shooting in Corryville early Monday.

Coroner's office records list Shawn McDaniel Sr., 44, Shawn McDaniel Jr., 22, and 21-year-old Laurenz Nixon as the people killed in the shooting that also left another injured. Police said the McDaniels are father and son.

The shooting happened around 2:50 a.m. Officers were patrolling the area when they heard multiple gunshots nearby, according to Cincinnati Police Capt. Mark Burns. Police initially said five people were shot in the area of Highland and East University avenues, however, they later determined a gunshot victim who "self-transported" to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center was not involved in the incident.

Ronald Caulton, 75, who lives nearby on Donahue Avenue, told The Enquirer that he heard "four strong blasts," followed by the sound of another 10 shots.

Police found four male victims, one of whom was dead, Burns said. He said the three others were taken to a nearby hospital. The elder McDaniel and Nixon died there, the coroner's records show.

Burns said an officer saw someone running into a home with a firearm. That person eventually came outside voluntarily and was placed in police custody. Police have yet to say whether that person is believed to be the shooter, nor have they said what led up to the violence.

Police are urging anyone with information about the shooting to contact Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.

Mass shootings in Cincinnati, Ohio

There is no settled definition of a mass shooting, but Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as an incident in which at least four people are injured. Using this definition, this is Cincinnati's second mass of the year. Five people were shot on June 15 in Madisonville.

Since the beginning of June, there have been eight mass shootings in Ohio including three in Columbus, two in Dayton, one in Akron and another in Euclid.

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