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A manhunt was underway for multiple gunmen after nine people were wounded Sunday in a shooting rampage outside a bar in a trendy, eclectic community near downtown, police said.
Chaos erupted after an altercation between two groups of people shortly before the 2 a.m. closing time outside Mr. Pitiful’s in the city’s historic Over-the-Rhine district, Lt. Colonel Mike John said. He estimated that 15-20 shots were fired.
All the eight men and a woman who were treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center have been released, hospital spokeswoman Heather Chura Smith said.
Mayor Aftab Pureval called the incident “unacceptable,” warning that using guns to solve disputes was becoming a normal part of current culture.
“The gun violence we are seeing is not the gun violence of the past that was concentrated around the drug trade,” Pureval said a news conference.
