Police: Victim identified, suspect in custody after fatal shooting in West End

It's the second homicide in the area in the past 24 hours

It's the second homicide in the area in the past 24 hours

>> THERE WAS A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD TWICE TODAY AND EVEN ONE TIME THE SWAT TEAM WAS NEEDED FOR BACKUP. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, TO PEOPLE ARE DEAD, AND THE COMMUNITY IS LEFT TO PICK UP THE PIECES. >> COME TO THE FRONT DOOR WITH EMPTY HANDS UP. REPORTER: THE WEST END AT A STANDSTILL. GUNS DRAWN AND THE SWAT TEAM PULLS UP AT LINN AND DAYTON STREETS. >> FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. DO IT NOW. REPORTER: OFFICER THINK A PERSON INSIDE IS POSSIBLY CONNECTED TO A SHOOTING, LEAVING A MAN IN HIS SIXTIES DEAD. IT HAPPENED HERE, IN THE ALLEY BEHIND HOOK HOOK FISH AND CHICKEN. MARKING THE SECOND DEADLY SHOOTING AROUND HERE IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. >> YOU’RE GOING TO LOOK AT ANY POSSIBLE CONNECTION, AND WE’RE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO LOOK AT THAT. REPORTER: THE SWAT TEAM SWARMS, ENTERS, BUT THE PERSON THEY’RE LOOKING FOR, WASN’T ANYWHERE TO BE FOUND. >> THERE’S A FAMILY THAT’S GRIEVING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? WE HAD A HOMICIDE WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS ALSO IN THIS AREA THAT IS ALSO GRIEVING. REPORTER: THE OTHER SHOOTING A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, 12 HOURS EARLIER KILLING 39-YEAR-OLD MARIO WILLIAMS. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. >> I JUST WANT TO TELL THE PEOPLE ON THE WEST END WE’RE ON TOP OF THIS. REPORTER: TEARS SHED BY GRIEVING FAMILIES, ALSO FELT BY ANOTHER, DORRON HUNTER. >> I HAVE THAT PASSION AND THAT DRIVE TO KNOW THAT THERE’S ANOTHER WAY OF DOING THINGS BESIDES SHOOTING AND KILLING EACH OTHER. REPORTER: THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ADVOCATE, SPORTS DAD ON HIS HAT. THAT WORD, FOR HIM, PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN GETTING THE VIOLENCE TO END. >> WE GOT TO GET MORE INVOLVED AS PARENTS. WE GOT TO GET INVOLVED WITH OUR KIDS AT A YOUNG AGE. REPORTER: WITHIN THE LAST FEW MINUTES WE LEARNED THE NAME OF THE MEN KILLED THIS AFTERNOON. HE’S 67-YEAR-OLD WALTER METZ JUNIOR. CINCINNATI POLICE ALSO TELL US THEY HAVE ARRESTED AND CHARGED 36-YEAR-OLD DAMELL NELSON WITH MURDER. REPORTING LIVE AT DISTRICT ONE DA

Police: Victim identified, suspect in custody after fatal shooting in West End

It's the second homicide in the area in the past 24 hours

Police have identified the man who was fatally shot behind a Hook Fish & Chicken in the West End on Thursday.According to police, around 12:30 p.m. officers responded to reports of a person shot in the 1900-block of Keywitt Alley. When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered a man in his 60s suffering from a gunshot wound. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The victim has been identified as 67-year-old Walter Metz Jr. It's the second fatal shooting in less than 24 hours in the area."This is not the right direction for this neighborhood or this community. We understand they are hurting and want answers, and they deserve answers, and we're going to try to help them get those answers," Cincinnati Police Cpt. Steve Saunders said.While officers were investigating the surrounding area, police said they received reports a person that might've been involved in the shooting had fled to the area of Dayton Street. Police and SWAT teams responded to search the building where the person had reportedly fled to. "We evacuated some residents in the building and ensured they were safe. The person they thought they saw went in after police searched the building, and that person was not in the building," Saunders said. Police confirmed a suspect, Darnell Nelson, 36, was arrested and charged Thursday night for Metz's murder. "There's a family that's grieving right now, right. we had a homicide within the last 24 hours also in this area that is also grieving," Saunders said. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.

CINCINNATI —

Police have identified the man who was fatally shot behind a Hook Fish & Chicken in the West End on Thursday.

According to police, around 12:30 p.m. officers responded to reports of a person shot in the 1900-block of Keywitt Alley.

When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered a man in his 60s suffering from a gunshot wound.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The victim has been identified as 67-year-old Walter Metz Jr.

67-year-old Walter Metz Jr. was fatally shot Thursday in the West End, police said.

Cincinnati Police Department

It's the second fatal shooting in less than 24 hours in the area.

"This is not the right direction for this neighborhood or this community. We understand they are hurting and want answers, and they deserve answers, and we're going to try to help them get those answers," Cincinnati Police Cpt. Steve Saunders said.

While officers were investigating the surrounding area, police said they received reports a person that might've been involved in the shooting had fled to the area of Dayton Street.

Police and SWAT teams responded to search the building where the person had reportedly fled to.

"We evacuated some residents in the building and ensured they were safe. The person they thought they saw went in after police searched the building, and that person was not in the building," Saunders said.

Police confirmed a suspect, Darnell Nelson, 36, was arrested and charged Thursday night for Metz's murder.

36-year-old Darnell Nelson has been charged with the fatal shooting of Walter Metz Jr., police said.

Cincinnati Police Department

"There's a family that's grieving right now, right. [And] we had a homicide within the last 24 hours also in this area that is also grieving," Saunders said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.

Police: Victim identified, suspect in custody after fatal shooting in West End

It's the second homicide in the area in the past 24 hours

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