Suspect, bystander injured in police shootout at Cincinnati-area grocery store

Published May 30, 2024

A suspect with a gun and a bystander inside a grocery store near Cincinnati were shot and injured during a shootout with officers, police said.

Officers in Colerain Township responded to a call about shots fired at a Kroger store Wednesday, and when they arrived the suspect pointed a gun at police outside the store, said Colerain Township Police Chief Ed Cordie said.

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After exchanging shots, the suspect retreated into the store and they continued the gunfight inside the store, he said.

Pictured here is a Kroger grocery store on June 12, 2012, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Both the suspect and bystander who were shot were taken to a hospital and are expected to survive, Cordie added. Police did not say who shot the bystander.

Latashia Sawyer, who was inside the store with her daughter, told WCPO-TV that she heard shots and that an employee told them to "run for your life."

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"People just started scattering and going about everywhere," she said. "Then we heard more gunshots — I counted at least 20."

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