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All lanes reopened after vehicle fire closed I-71/75 in Erlanger

All lanes reopened after vehicle fire closed I-71/75 in Erlanger
ARRESTED IN A NINE YEAR OLD SHOOTING DEATH HEADS TO COURT WHILE WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE SUSPECT’S LONG HISTORY OF GUNS AND DRUGS. PLUS, ANOTHER DRIVE BYS SENDS THREE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. WHAT POLICE ARE TELLING US ABOUT THE VICTIM’S CONDITIONS AND HOW MANY SHOTS WERE FIRED. IT’S SUNNY AND HUMID OUT TODAY, BUT I AM ALREADY TRACKING OUR NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WHEN YOUR WEEKEND PLANS ARE GOING TO GET WET. COMING UP, THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 LEADING THE WAY. THREE MEN NOW FACE CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A NINE YEAR OLD IN SILVERTON. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT NOON. I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON AND I’M KELLY RIPPIN. SO DEPUTIES ARRESTED TWO OF THE SUSPECTS AFTER A CRASH WHILE THEY WERE UNDER SURVEILLANCE. DIXON IS ONE OF THE ACCUSED GUNMAN. THE MARIO WILLIAMS ALLEGEDLY HELPED HIM COVER UP THE KILLING. THE THIRD SUSPECT, RYAN BROWN, WELL, HE TURNED HIMSELF IN YESTERDAY. WLWT NEWS 5 DANIELLE DINDAK IS LIVE AT THE COURTHOUSE AFTER BROWN FACED A JUDGE THIS MORNING. DANIELLE STEPHEN, THAT COURT APPEARANCE ONLY LASTED A FEW MINUTES AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT TIME WAS SPENT GOING OVER BROWN’S LENGTHY CRIME RECORD. NOW, BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THAT, I WANT TO DISCUSS HIS MOST RECENT CHARGE, AGGRAVATED MURDER. NOW, AS YOU GUYS BOTH JUST POINTED OUT, HE’S ONE OF THREE MEN CHARGED IN THE FATAL DRIVE BY MONDAY NIGHT IN SILVERTON. INVESTIGATORS AROUND IN ANOTHER MAN, KAZEEM DIXON, DROVE TO THE HOME ON PLAINFIELD ROAD AND OPENED FIRE, SPRAYING THE HOUSE WITH DOZENS OF BULLETS. NOW, ONE OF THOSE HIT NINE YEAR OLD DEMAIO BARTON, BARTON PICKENS KILLING HER. NOW, INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MOTIVE BEHIND THAT SHOOTING WAS RETALIATION OVER A ROBBERY. ANOTHER MAN WHO WAS KNOWN TO STAY AT THAT HOUSE WAS THAT ALLEGED TARGET. DIMAGGIO, INSTEAD WAS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE. IN COURT, WE LEARNED ALL OF BROWN’S PREVIOUS RUN INS WITH THE LAW. TAKE A LISTEN. IN 2020, THE DEFENDANT AND TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WERE INVOLVED IN A FLEEING AND ELUDING FROM POLICE. THEY WERE THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH TRYING TO HIDE A WEAPON THAT WAS CONCEALED. HE WAS ULTIMATELY CONVICTED OF CCW AS A CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON IS A FELONY IN THAT CASE. AND HE CURRENTLY HAS A PENDING AGGRAVATED POSSESSION OF DRUGS. HE WAS CHARGED WITH HAVING MORE THAN THE BULK AMOUNT OF OXYCODONE. IT’S A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE AS THE PORT IS AWARE, THE MOTIVE OF THIS AGGRAVATED MURDER IS IN RETALIATION FOR A ROBBERY. SO LOTS TO UNPACK THERE. AND NOW THE OTHER MEN INVOLVED IN THIS INVESTIGATION ALSO HAVE LENGTHY CRIME RECORDS AND KARIN JOHNSON. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS ONGOING INVESTIGATION COMING UP LATER ON THE NEWSCAST. BUT REPORTING LIVE DANIELLE DINDAK TO BE ON TO BE A TEAM NEWS FIVE. DANIELLE SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE BOND AND THE NEXT TIME? BROWN WILL BE BACK IN COURT? YEAH. KELLY THE JUDGE WAS TAKING ALL THING INTO CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING THE NINE TIMES HE FAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT THE PREVIOUS CHARGE. THEN, OF COURSE, THIS AGGRAVATED MURDER CHARGE, ALL OF THAT ADDED UP TO $2 MILLION IN BOND. AND HE WILL BE BACK IN COURT ON JULY 24TH. ALL RIGHT. DANIELLE DINDAK REPORTING FOR US LIVE THIS AFTERNOON. DANIELLE, THANK YOU. FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF DE MAYA HAVE BEEN GATHERING TO HONOR HER MEMORY ALMOST EVERY DAY SINCE THE SHOOTING. LAST NIGHT, THEY GATHERED IN WESTWOOD FOR A BALLOON RELEASE. DOZENS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS SHOWED UP WITH A NINE YEAR OLD THAT INCLUDED THE GIRL’S MOTHER AND HER TEAMMATES FROM HER CHEER SQUAD AND THE SUPERSTAR. BUT AT THE SAME TIME IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE AND BROKE KINDNESS SISTERS AND RELEASED BALLOONS AND ALL JUST FOR HER. AND I FEEL LIKE THE MAYA SUPER GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS BIG OF A FAMILY AND TO HAVE A LOT OF THE MAYA’S FIRST AND THIRD GRADE TEACHER AT ALLIANCE ACADEMY ALSO ATTENDED THE EVENT. THEN AFTER THAT BALLOON RELEASE, HER TEAMMATES GATHERED AND DID A CHEER IN HER HONOR. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO GET A CHECK OF THE FORECAST NOW. IT’S FRIDAY. YOU’RE MAKING WEEKEND PLANS. A LOT OF PEOPLE SPENDING TIME DOWN AT THE BALLPARK THIS WEEKEND OR HEADING OVER TO CINCINNATI. YEAH, LOTS OF GOING ON THIS WEEKEND AGAIN. SO LET’S GO OVER THAT FORECAST BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE FOR TOMORROW. TODAY, IT’S JUST GOING TO BE A HOT ONE AT THAT’S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR THE FORECAST TODAY. IT STAYS DRY. IT’S GOING TO BE HOT. IT’S GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY HUMID. TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW ARE SITTING IN THE EIGHTIES IN TOWN. WE HAVE 84 IN CINCINNATI, 84 IN DALLAS AS WELL. WE ARE AT 83 IN HAMILTON. AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS DO POINTS, THEY’RE SITTING IN THE MID SIXTIES, SOME SPOTS IN THE SEVENTIES. THAT IS WHERE IT FEELS A LOT MORE HUMID OUTSIDE. AND AS WE GO THROUGH TODAY, DO YOU POINTS WILL FLIRT ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 65 UP TO 70. SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE MUGGY RANGE, POSSIBLY EVEN ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TROPICAL RANGE. SO THAT’S WHEN IT STARTS TO FEEL REALLY, REALLY HUMID OUT THERE. NOW, IN TERMS OF THIS AFTERNOON, HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE UPPER EIGHTIES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A HIGH TEMPERATURE RIGHT AROUND 88 DEGREES. IT IS GOING TO BE WARM OUTSIDE TODAY AND THEN TOMORROW WE DO HAVE THAT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR US. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AROUND HERE, IT’S GOING TO GET HOT. IT’S GOING TO STAY HUMID. AND AGAIN, RAIN IS BACK WITH THIS TOMORROW. HEAVY TIME, EVERYTHING OUT COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES, EVEN. ALISON, THANK YOU. A DRIVE BY SHOOTING IN THE WEST END SENT THREE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL JUST AFTER 1:00 THIS MORNING. OFFICERS RUSHED TO LYNN STREET NEAR THE STANLEY ROAD TOWER. INVESTIGATORS MARKED OFF 24 SHELL CASINGS AND POLICE SAY THE VICTIMS INCLUDE A WOMAN IN HER FIFTIES, A MAN IN HIS THIRTIES AND ONE OTHER MAN. OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND THAT PERSON SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY ON JONES STREET. THEY SAY THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN INTO SURGERY. POLICE HAVE NOT NAMED ANY SUSPECTS AND A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A MAN WAS SHOT IN WEST PRICE HILL. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM TRIED TO STEAL A LAWNMOWER AND A MAN SHOT HIM SHORTLY BEFORE SEVEN THIS MORNING. IT HAPPENED ON SUNSET AVENUE, JUST OFF GLEN WAY. POLICE SAY A GOOD SAMARITAN HELPED THE VICTIM. THEY SAY HE WENT INTO SURGERY WITH A SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS TORSO. UNCLEAR WHAT CHARGES THE GUNMAN COULD FACE. THERE WILL HAVE T
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All lanes reopened after vehicle fire closed I-71/75 in Erlanger
UPDATE: All lanes reopened after vehicle fire closed I-71/75 in Erlanger.Police have opened the left lane for travel after firefighters were able to extinguish the vehicle fire.The right two lanes remain blocked while first responders work to clear the vehicle from the roadway. All lanes are blocked on southbound I-71/75 in Erlanger due to a vehicle that is on fire. Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5First responders are on scene near the Donaldson Highway exit. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reported the fire at 1:24 p.m. via Twitter. There is no timetable for when police will reopen lanes. Alternate routes are advised at this time. Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.For live traffic updates, click here.

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All lanes reopened after vehicle fire closed I-71/75 in Erlanger.

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Police have opened the left lane for travel after firefighters were able to extinguish the vehicle fire.

The right two lanes remain blocked while first responders work to clear the vehicle from the roadway.


All lanes are blocked on southbound I-71/75 in Erlanger due to a vehicle that is on fire.

Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5

First responders are on scene near the Donaldson Highway exit. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reported the fire at 1:24 p.m. via Twitter.

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There is no timetable for when police will reopen lanes. Alternate routes are advised at this time.

Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

For live traffic updates, click here.