TONIGHT COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. MIKE: THANKS A LOT. IN THE MEANTIME A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE FIRE IN THE INNER-CITY. THAT IS CRAZY. NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS SAYING IT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON AND MUCH MORE ALARMING. SHEREE: THE LATEST EXAMPLE THEY POINT TO WAS JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND WHEN THREE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED BY AUTOMATIC OR SEMI AUTOMATIC ON FIRE. WLWT’S NEWS FIVES JOHN LONDON IS LIVE WHERE IT HAPPENED IN OVER-THE-RHINE. HI, JOHN. JOHN: IT IS NOT ALL THAT UNUSUAL TO HAVE SHOOTINGS IN THE AREA AROUND AND BEHIND THE SHELL CORPORATION HERE ON LIBERTY STREET. BUT THE DAYS OF A COUPLE BULLETS FROM A HANDGUN ARE BEING REPLACED BY HIGH-POWERED WEAPONRY THAT HAS THE CITY AND ITS POLICE FORCE VERY CONCERNED. SOME OF THE SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON. HAVE A BLOODY AND LETHAL QUALITY TO THEM. THAT WAS RECORDED BLOCKS FROM WHERE IT HAPPENED AS SATURDAY WAS ABOUT TO TURN INTO SUNDAY. LIBERTY AND WALNUT. POLICE HAVE NOT PROVIDED SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. BUT PRESIDENT DAN HILLS HAS SEEN IT, DESCRIBING IT TO US AS A DRUG DEAL GONE SOUR, FISTS FLYING. >> THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON THAT APPARENTLY MUST BE WITH THE DRIVER WHO JUMPS ON THIS LARGER GUYS BACK. AT THAT POINT I THINK IT IS AN ASSOCIATE OF THE BIG GUY, GETS OUT OF THE BACKSEAT OF ANOTHER CAR THAT’S MAYBE 10 YARDS AWAY AND CRANKS OFF I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY ROUNDS. [GUNFIRE] JOHN: IT HAPPENED A HALF BLOCK FROM BROTHER TIM WHO HAS BEEN AT ST. FRANCIS FOR 17 YEARS. CONCERNING BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL POTENTIAL AND BECAUSE OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THE OWNER OF THE SHELL STATION HAS MADE >> THEY HAVE TRIED IT DRASTICALLY, THEY PUT A BIG FENCE AROUND IT. AT ONE TIME THEY CLOSED EARLIER. SO THEY HAVE TRIED TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES, BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TRY TO GET UNDER CONTROL. JOHN: CITY LAWMAKER SCOTTY JOHNSON SPENT 33 YEARS AS A POLICE OFFICER. THE FIREPOWER HE FACED AS A ROOKIE TO RETIREMENT HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. >> IF THERE WERE AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, POSSIBLY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN TWO OF THEM. TWO OF THEM IN A YEARS TIME. NOW I GUARANTEE YOU YOU CANNOT COUNT THE AMOUNT THAT ARE OUT THERE. JOHN: THIS GOES DOWN AS A FELONIOUS ASSAULT. DISCHARGE OF A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE. NO ARRESTS, STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. AND THE TYPE OF INSTANCE WHERE POLICE COME AWAY SAYING IT’S LUCKY NO ONE WAS KILLED. LIVE IN OVER-THE-RHINE, JOHN LONDON, WLWT NEWS 5. SHEREE: WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT GOOD WE HEARD COUNCILMAN JOHNSON ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE USE OF THESE SO-CALLED ASSAULT WEAPONS. WHAT DOES HE WANT TO SEE DONE ABOUT IT? JOHN: AS A FORMER COP, HE IS A GUN OWNER HIMSELF, AN ADVOCATE OF GUN OWNERSHIP, BUT LIKE HE SAYS, THE WEAPONS LIKE THE ONE USED THIS PAST WEEKEND IT SIMPLY SHOULD NOT BE IN THE HANDS OF IRRESPONSIBLE CITIZENS. HE BELIEVES THE CITY IS GOING TO TRY TO DO MORE IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD TO TRY TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THOSE HANDS. SHEREE: SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT AND THAT AFTER NIGHT. JOHN LONDON REPORTING LIVE FROM OVER-THE-RHINE. THANK YOU. MIKE: NEW ON WLWT A SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP WOMAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HER TODDLER. INVESTIGATORS SAY AMY DICKEL WAS HOLDING THE ONE-YEAR-OLD YESTERDAY WHEN SHE TIED A BLANKET AROUND THE CHILD’S NECK. THE TODDLER STARTED STRUGGLING TO BREATHE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CHILD’S FATHER WITNESSED THE ASSAULT AND TRY TO STOP HER. >> WHEN HER HUSBAND ENTERED THE LIVING ROOM, THERE WAS A BLANKET WRAPPED AROUND THE CHILD’S NECK. THE CHILD WAS TURNING RED AND FOAMING AT THE MOUTH. THE BLANKET WAS TWISTED AROUND THE CHILD’S NECK. AFTER HER MIRANDA RIGHTS WERE READ, SHE STATED SHE TIED THE BLANKET AROUND THE CHILD’S NECK. MIKE: AMY WAS ALSO ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HER HUSBAND WHEN HE TRIED TO RESCUE THE CHILD. HER BOND IS SET AT $13,000. SHEREE: A SENTENCING DATE NOW SET FOR GEORGE WEGNER THE FOURTH. LAST WEEK HE WAS FOUND GUILTY ON ALL 22 CHARGES HE FACED FOR THE DEBTS OF EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE RHODEN FAMILY. WE LEARNED HE WILL BE TO SENTENCE ON DECEMBER 19 AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING. THE DEATH PENALTY IS OFF THE TABLE THOUGH BECAUSE GEORGE’S BROTHER JAKE