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Police frustrated, neighbors angry after two men hit in Evanston drive-by shooting

Investigators say victims survived, have non-life-threatening injuries

Police frustrated, neighbors angry after two men hit in Evanston drive-by shooting

Investigators say victims survived, have non-life-threatening injuries

STOPPI.NG CINCINNATI POLICE SAY THEY ARE MEETING WITH COMMUNITY COUNCSIL AND NEIGHBORS. THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR THE VIOLCEEN SAY THEY’VE HAD IT. >> THEY DON’T HAVE NO RESPECT FOR NOTHING OR NOBODY, SO WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THEM? HEY. THEY’RE DOING ME A FAVOR. DAN: ROBERT JONES HAS LIVED IN EVANSTON 40 YES.AR HE GOES BY GRANDPA. HE WAS HOME WHEN GUNSHOTS ECHOED ON HVAARRD AVENUE TODAY AND HE’S FID REUP >> THEY’RE STUPID, YOU KNOW, AND NOBODY’S DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT AND IT AIN’T YOUR PROBLEM. IT’S OUR PROBLEM. UNTIL WE WALK UP TO THE PLATE AND ENFORCE THE DEATH PENAY,LT THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE. DAN: CINCINNATI POLICE SAY IT WAS 2:00 WHEN A GRAY HONDA CIC WITH A SUNROOF ZOOMED BYND A SOMEONE IN IT SHOT A 19-YEAR-OLD MA N AND A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN. IT WAS LAST SEEN SOUTHBOUND ON MERRIMAC STREET. >> IT’S UNFORTUNATE. IT’S VERY FRUSTRANGTI WE’RE TRYING TO BEAT ETH PAVEMENT AND GET AS CHMU INFORMATION AS WE CAN. DAN: POLICE SAY THE VICTIMS SURVIVED AND WERE TAKEN TO U.C. MECAL DICENTER. THIS RAISES THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS TO AT LEAST 343 BY MY COT. PASTOR PETERSON MINGO, WITH THE CINCINNATI POLICE GOD SQD, SAYS THE SHOOTERS NEARLY VIOLATED A SAFE ZONE. >> THERE’S AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT CERTAIN THINGS WON’T HAPPEN IN CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE OFHE T NUMBER OF KIDS THAT ARE THERE. DAN: SOME SCHOOLS IN THE AARE WERE ON LOCKDOWN BRIEFLY. TONIGHT, JONES SAYS HE’S FEELING A LOT OF PASSION AND ANG. >> TALKING ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER. THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE. SOME LESIV MATTER. WHEN A BLACK MAN GETS KILLEDY B A WHITE COP, THAT’S WHEN IT MATTERS. AS LONG AS THEY’RE KILLING ONE ANOTHER, IT DON’T MAERTT DAN: PASTOR MINGO SAYS HE PRSAY IT HAS REACHED THE BOILING P
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Police frustrated, neighbors angry after two men hit in Evanston drive-by shooting

Investigators say victims survived, have non-life-threatening injuries

Two more people shot in Cincinnati moves us closer to 350 shootings this year.The latest happened in Evanston in broad daylight on Harvard Avenue near Merrimac Street.Neighbors are angry.Police are frustrated.Everyone wants solutions.Cincinnati police say they are meeting with community councils and neighbors.Those who live near the violence said they've had it."They don't have no respect for nothing or nobody, so whatever happens to them? Hey. They're doing me a favor," Robert "Grandpa" Jones said.Jones has lived in Evanston for 40 years.He said he goes by "Grandpa" in the neighborhood.He was home when gunshots echoed on Harvard Avenue on Thursday afternoon and he's fired up about it."They're stupid, you know, and nobody's doing nothing about it and it ain't your problem. It's our problem. Until we walk up to the plate and enforce the death penalty, this is going to continue," he said.Cincinnati police said it was about 2 p.m. when a gray Honda Civic with a sunroof zoomed by and someone in it shot a 19-year-old man and a 21-year-old man.It was last seen southbound on Merrimac Street."It's unfortunate. It's very frustrating. We're trying to beat the pavement and get as much information as we can," Capt. Danita Pettis told WLWT.Police said the victims survived and were taken to UC Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.This raises the number of shootings to at least 343 by our count.Pastor Peterson Mingo, with the Cincinnati Police God Squad, said the shooters nearly violated a safe zone."There's an understanding between certain people that certain things won't happen in certain areas because of the number of kids that are there and even some of their kids, and so this is not a battle against kids. This is something far more graver, far more deeper and far more serious," he said.Some schools in the area, including Walnut Hills High School, were on lockdown briefly as a precaution, according to Cincinnati police.At the end of the day, Jones said he's feeling a lot of passion and anger."Talking about Black lives matter. This is going to continue. Some lives matter. When a Black man gets killed by a white cop, that's when it matters. As long as they're killing one another, it don't matter," he said.Mingo said he prays the violence has reached a boiling point and that things will calm down.He also hopes to calm the violence through conversations."You talk to the people who you know have influence. You talk to the people who you know, basically have been out in the streets before. You talk to people who basically get the word of what's going on before the police get it or anybody else, and they talk to people, and hopefully you can get things reconciled," he said.Cincinnati police said in this latest shooting, ShotSpotter alerted them immediately, but they also said neighbors stepped up and called 911.They said those calls are important because witnesses often have valuable information.ShotSpotter is now deployed in 23 Cincinnati neighborhoods, according to CPD.WLWT Investigates has learned the city of Cincinnati has spent more than $1.8 million dollars on the system to date, according to the City Manager's Office.

Two more people shot in Cincinnati moves us closer to 350 shootings this year.

The latest happened in Evanston in broad daylight on Harvard Avenue near Merrimac Street.

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Neighbors are angry.

Police are frustrated.

Everyone wants solutions.

Cincinnati police say they are meeting with community councils and neighbors.

Those who live near the violence said they've had it.

"They don't have no respect for nothing or nobody, so whatever happens to them? Hey. They're doing me a favor," Robert "Grandpa" Jones said.

Jones has lived in Evanston for 40 years.

He said he goes by "Grandpa" in the neighborhood.

He was home when gunshots echoed on Harvard Avenue on Thursday afternoon and he's fired up about it.

"They're stupid, you know, and nobody's doing nothing about it and it ain't your problem. It's our problem. Until we walk up to the plate and enforce the death penalty, this is going to continue," he said.

Cincinnati police said it was about 2 p.m. when a gray Honda Civic with a sunroof zoomed by and someone in it shot a 19-year-old man and a 21-year-old man.

It was last seen southbound on Merrimac Street.

"It's unfortunate. It's very frustrating. We're trying to beat the pavement and get as much information as we can," Capt. Danita Pettis told WLWT.

Police said the victims survived and were taken to UC Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

This raises the number of shootings to at least 343 by our count.

Pastor Peterson Mingo, with the Cincinnati Police God Squad, said the shooters nearly violated a safe zone.

"There's an understanding between certain people that certain things won't happen in certain areas because of the number of kids that are there and even some of their kids, and so this is not a battle against kids. This is something far more graver, far more deeper and far more serious," he said.

Some schools in the area, including Walnut Hills High School, were on lockdown briefly as a precaution, according to Cincinnati police.

At the end of the day, Jones said he's feeling a lot of passion and anger.

"Talking about Black lives matter. This is going to continue. Some lives matter. When a Black man gets killed by a white cop, that's when it matters. As long as they're killing one another, it don't matter," he said.

Mingo said he prays the violence has reached a boiling point and that things will calm down.

He also hopes to calm the violence through conversations.

"You talk to the people who you know have influence. You talk to the people who you know, basically have been out in the streets before. You talk to people who basically get the word of what's going on before the police get it or anybody else, and they talk to people, and hopefully you can get things reconciled," he said.

Cincinnati police said in this latest shooting, ShotSpotter alerted them immediately, but they also said neighbors stepped up and called 911.

They said those calls are important because witnesses often have valuable information.

ShotSpotter is now deployed in 23 Cincinnati neighborhoods, according to CPD.

WLWT Investigates has learned the city of Cincinnati has spent more than $1.8 million dollars on the system to date, according to the City Manager's Office.