A plainclothes Cincinnati police officer shot and wounded a suspect who emerged from hiding after an intensive search for him. Michael Evans from Orlando, Florida, was shot in the leg after he allegedly fought with the officer behind the Corryville Recreation Center. “The officers encountered him, a struggle ensued and the individual produced a firearm. One of the officers fired several shots,” said Cincinnati police Chief Eliot Isaac. Evans was the suspect in a shooting earlier in the day on McMicken. One officer said, “It was drug deal gone bad.” Evans left the McMcken crime scene in a black Dodge Ram pickup truck with a ladder on top according to detectives. Investigators said Evan’s wife was with him. Evans eluded police but parked the truck on a side street in Corryville and the couple left on foot. The truck was located. Police say they found needles inside. A short time later the woman was found, but Evans was gone. A helicopter hovered over Corryville as police searched apartments, sheds and an overgrown field. A K-9 unit was brought in to search the field, but Evans wasn’t found. The search was called off and police dispersed. That’s when Jalen Hunt saw a man he thought was the suspect, emerge from hiding. “I saw the commotion over in this area and then when it dispersed out I actually saw the guy take this ally,” Hunt said. “As soon as he hit University Avenue, that’s when I heard the gunshots.” Evans was arrested and taken by ambulance to the hospital.

A plainclothes Cincinnati police officer shot and wounded a suspect who emerged from hiding after an intensive search for him.

Michael Evans from Orlando, Florida, was shot in the leg after he allegedly fought with the officer behind the Corryville Recreation Center.


“The officers encountered him, a struggle ensued and the individual produced a firearm. One of the officers fired several shots,” said Cincinnati police Chief Eliot Isaac.

Evans was the suspect in a shooting earlier in the day on McMicken. One officer said, “It was drug deal gone bad.”

Evans left the McMcken crime scene in a black Dodge Ram pickup truck with a ladder on top according to detectives.

Investigators said Evan’s wife was with him. Evans eluded police but parked the truck on a side street in Corryville and the couple left on foot. The truck was located. Police say they found needles inside.

A short time later the woman was found, but Evans was gone.

A helicopter hovered over Corryville as police searched apartments, sheds and an overgrown field.

A K-9 unit was brought in to search the field, but Evans wasn’t found.

The search was called off and police dispersed.

That’s when Jalen Hunt saw a man he thought was the suspect, emerge from hiding.

“I saw the commotion over in this area and then when it dispersed out I actually saw the guy take this ally,” Hunt said. “As soon as he hit University Avenue, that’s when I heard the gunshots.”

Evans was arrested and taken by ambulance to the hospital.