China News Agency, New York, August 7th. At least 9 people were injured in a shooting incident in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 7th local time.
It was the second mass shooting in the city this year.
Currently, the suspects involved are at large.
According to a Cincinnati police report, the incident happened at about 1:45 a.m. that day outside a bar in the city.
When police arrived at the scene, a suspect was shooting at the crowd outside the bar. Officers fired a bullet at the suspect, but it was not certain whether it hit, and police also used flash bangs to disperse the crowd.
In the process, the suspect fled the scene.
NBC reported that Cincinnati Police Department Assistant Sheriff Michael John said at a news conference that police are collecting surveillance video and collecting witnesses to advance the investigation, and the suspect is still at large.
The nine wounded in the shooting, mostly in the legs, were taken to hospital in a stable condition.
Police cordoned off several nearby streets following the shooting, Fox News said.
Witnesses saw some police officers running on the road, presumably trying to track down the suspect.
At least two people were injured in another shooting that day in the central business district where the crime was found.
Police are not yet sure if the two incidents are related.
According to the website of the "Gun Violence Archive", a non-profit organization in the United States, as of August 7, there have been more than 120 shooting incidents in Cincinnati this year, including two mass shootings with four or more casualties.
Gun violence has killed more than 26,000 people and injured more than 23,000 in the United States this year as the number of shootings in the United States continues to rise.
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