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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.
