1 dead, 3 injured in overnight Middletown shooting

Bar II was the site of an overnight Middletown shooting which left 1 dead and 3 injured. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Credit: Nick Graham

Credit: Nick Graham

Bar II was the site of an overnight Middletown shooting which left 1 dead and 3 injured. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

An early morning shooting in Middletown resulted in 1 dead and 3 injured, according to Police Chief Earl Nelson.

At approximately 2:44 a.m., police responded to the parking lot outside Bar II at 1200 Elliott Drive on reports of shots fired.

Officers found both a male and female with gunshot wounds.

Hospital workers told police two additional people had arrived seeking treatment for gunshot wounds related to the same incident.

Three of the people remain in the hospital.

Nelson said the department has not been called to Bar II recently for any incidents.

For other incidents, he said officers have not been called for “anything that would raise my suspicions.”

From what the police know now, the fight began in the parking lot of Bar II, not inside the bar.

A suspect has not been identified at this time, according to Nelson.

It is not known whether there is one suspect or more.

Police have collected video footage from buildings near the incident.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information can contact Detective Terry Ballinger at 513-425-7741 or via email at terryb@cityofmiddeltown.org, or reach police dispatch at 513-425-7700.

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