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Several roads blocked by disabled train in Hamilton

A disabled freight train is blocking several roads in the city of Hamilton, Wednesday afternoon.

Several roads blocked by disabled train in Hamilton

A disabled freight train is blocking several roads in the city of Hamilton, Wednesday afternoon.

THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED THEM TO HIM. AFTER CLOSING ARGUMENTS JURY DELIBERATIONS CAN BEGIN. WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A MASSIVE POLICE AND FIRE RESPONSE IN A WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD LATE LAST NIGHT. COLIN: FIREFIGHTERS WERE FIRST CALLED OUT TO THE RAVENWOOD APARTMENTS IN EAST WESTWOOD FOR A REPORT OF A FIRE. ONCE ON SCENE THEY SAW SHOTS HAD BEEN FIRED AND CALLED FOR POLICE AND SWAT TO RESPOND. ONE MAN WAS FOUND SHOT HE WAS RUSHED TO U.C. MEDICAL CENTER, BUT DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. POLICE IDENTIFIED HIM AS 47-YEAR-OLD ALPHONSO BOWERS. POLICE ARE SAYING VERY LITTLE ABOUT THIS SITUATION INCLUDING IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY ARRESTS. BUT THREE PEOPLE WERE SEEN BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE SHOOTING OR FIRE. KELLY: ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A SERIOUS HOUSE FIRE IN NORWOOD THIS MORNING. THIS HAPPENED SOMETIME AROUND 2:30 A.M. ON MADISON AVENUE. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE HOME. FIRE CREWS ACTUALLY HAD TO DEAL WITH ELECTRICAL LINES SPARKING, WHILE THEY WERE FIGHTING THE FIRE. ONE PERSON WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. NO WORD ON THEIR CONDITION. CREWS ARE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE TO BEGIN WITH. COLIN: A WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AFTER PROSECUTORS SAY SHE ATTACKED ANOTHER WOMAN AT THE BANKS. 18-YEAR-OLD FAITH PARKER IS CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT WHILE INTOXICATED. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY PARKER PUNCHED THE VICTIM IN THE FACE JUST AFTER 1:00 A.M. SUNDAY. A POLICE REPORT FROM THE INCIDENT SAYS THE VICTIM AND A 32-YEAR-OLD MAN HAD MINOR INJURIES. THE REPORT SAYS HE WAS ALSO PUNCHED IN THE HEAD BY MULTIPLE SUSPECTS. BUT RIGHT NOW POLICE HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED ANY ARRESTS IN HIS ATTACK. AND BOTH VICTIMS REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE SCENE. COLIN: -- KELLY: THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING SEVEN PEOPLE AND WOUNDING DOZENS AT A FOURTH OF JULY PARADE IN CHICAGO, MADE HIS -- CONFESSED TO THE SHOOTING IN A POLICE INTERVIEW. COLIN: THE SUSPECT IS CHARGED WITH MURDER AND AUTHORITY SAY THEY INTEND TO FILE MANY MORE CHARGES. THE MURDER CHARGES ALONE WOULD LEAD TO A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT PAROLE, IF CONVICTED. POLICE SAY HE FIRED MORE THAN 70 ROUNDS INTO THE CROWD, AND DRESSED AS A WOMAN IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL HIS IDENTITY. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HAD BEEN PLANNING THE ATTACK FOR WEEKS. >> THERE IS NO DEFINITIVE MOTIVE HE HAD. HE HAS BEEN TALKING TO INVESTIGATORS. COLIN: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD TWO RUN-INS WITH CRIMO IN 2019. THE FIRST FOR A SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN APRIL, THE SECOND IN SEPTEMBER OF THAT YEAR AFTER A FAMILY REMEMBER REPORTED HE PLANNED TO KILL EVERYONE. A POLICE CONFISCATION OF WEAPONS HAPPENED AT HIS HOME REMOVING KNIVES, DAGGERS AND A SWORD. KELLY: THIS LATEST MASS SHOOTING, HAS REIGNITED THE GUN DEBATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. STATE SENATOR CECIL THOMAS IS SPEARHEADING A NEW PUSH IN OHIO FOR MORE CONTROL OVER WHO CAN HAVE GUNS, AND WHO CAN BUY THEM. COLIN: EXTEND THE WAIT TIME FOR -- THE BILL WOULD ENACT RED FLAG LAWS, AND RAISE THE AGE TO BUY A LONG GUN TO 21 AND EXTEND THE WAIT TIME FOR GUN PURCHASES. GUN SHOPS, MANY TIMES, COME UNDER FIRE FOR THE SALE OF LONG RIFLES, THE WEAPON USED IN MONDAY’S SHOOTING. RIGHT NOW IN OHIO, YOU HAVE TO BE 18 TO BUY ONE, AND 21 TO BUY A HANDGUN. OHIO SENATE BILL 351, KNOWN AS THE ’DEFEND OUR CHILDREN ACT’, LOOKS TO MAKE IT 21 ACROSS THE BOARD. WE TALKED WITH PEOPLE WORKING IN THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY HERE IN CINCINNATI, WHO POINT TO WHERE THEY THINK THE SYSTEM COULD IMPROVE. >> I DO NOT THINK, FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, PEOPLE WHO ARE DENIED FIREARMS, BACKGROUND CHECKS, THEY ARE NOT BEING PROSECUTED. I HAVE SEEN THE SYSTEM WORK HOW IT WAS INTENDED AND NOTHING BE DONE ABOUT IT. >> WE ARE NOT TRAMPLING ON YOUR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. WE ARE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN INCIDENT. COLIN: STATE SENATOR AND GUN OWNERS AGREE, LAWMAKERS SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE FACING AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. KELLY: POLICE SAY THIS MAN WALKED INTO THE FIFTH THIRD BANK ON HENSHAW AVENUE NEAR HOPPLE STREET IN CAMP WASHINGTON AND LEFT WITH AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF MONEY. POLICE SAY HE’S IN HIS 60’S AND IS ABOUT 5’-8". WHEN HE LEFT POLICE SAY HE DROVE OFF, IN A CADILLAC SUV. ANYONE WHO MAY KNOW WHO THIS IS OR WHERE HE MAY BE. IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS. EARLY VOTING IS UNDERWAY IN OHIO’S SPLIT PRIMARY TODAY. COLIN: WHY ELECTION OFFICIAL
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Several roads blocked by disabled train in Hamilton

A disabled freight train is blocking several roads in the city of Hamilton, Wednesday afternoon.

A disabled freight train is blocking several roads in the city of Hamilton, Wednesday afternoon. Click the video player above to watch other afternoon headlines from WLWT News 5.The train became disabled after experiencing a broken wheel in transit. The crossings that are being blocked are Front St., S. 2nd St., S. 3rd St., Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Walnut St., and Hanover St.Repair crews from the railroad are on the way to the train to begin assessing the damage. There are no hazards to the community of Hamilton.It is not known how long the crossings will be blocked.

A disabled freight train is blocking several roads in the city of Hamilton, Wednesday afternoon.

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

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The train became disabled after experiencing a broken wheel in transit.

The crossings that are being blocked are Front St., S. 2nd St., S. 3rd St., Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Walnut St., and Hanover St.

Repair crews from the railroad are on the way to the train to begin assessing the damage.

There are no hazards to the community of Hamilton.

It is not known how long the crossings will be blocked.