Investigators said man was driving in Walnut Hills when a 4-year-old boy darted out in front of his car

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WEBVTT MORE ABOUT THE VICTIM.JAMIE URTON WAS A VALUEDEMPLOYEE HERE AT THE CINCINNATIASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND ANDVISUALLY IMPAIRED.HE WAS ALSO A BELOVED FRIEND TOMANY IN THE LOVELAND AREA, WHEREHE GREW UP.>> WOULD DO ANYTHING IN THEWORLD FOR ANYBODY, ALWAYS HAD AHAPPY SMILE.IT WAS VERY RARE THAT YOU EVERSAW HIM DOWNKARIN: ON FRIDAY, URTON AND ACO-WORKER WERE HEADING BACK TOWORK FROM LUNCH WEN POLICE SAYA FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY WANDEREDINTO THE STREET INTO THE PATH OFTHE CAR.THE CHILD WAS NOT SERIOUSLYHURT. BUT AFTER THE BOY WAS HIT,INVESTIGATORS SAY THREE PEOPLEASSAULTED URTON AND HISCO-WORKER THEN SHOT URTON,KILLING HIM.POLICE SAY THEY'RE FOLLOWINGSEVERAL LEADS, BUT SO FAR DON'THAVE ANY SUSPECTS.TONIGHT EMPLOYEES HERE AREASKING FOR PRAYERS AS FRIENDSGRIEVE.>> HE WAS A LOVING PERSON, CAREDABOUT EVERYBODY, WOULD NEVERHURT A SOUL.WOULD GO OUT OF HIS WAY FORANYTHING.IF I CALLED HIM TODAY AND SAIDI'M IN KENTUCKY, MY CAR BROKEDOWN, COULD YOU HELP ME?HE WOULD DO ANYTHING ANDANYTHING TO HELP ME OR COME ANDGET ME HELP.KARIN: NO ONE ON KENTON STRETHAT WE SPOKE TO WANTED TO TALKON CAMERA FOR FEAR OF THEIR OWNSAFETY.AND THAT APPEARS TO BE THEPROBLEM CPD IS RUNNING INTO ONCEAGAIN.LIVE AT DISTRICT ONE, KARIN

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An employee for the Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired was shot and killed while driving back to work from his lunch break.Cincinnati police identified the victim as Jamie Urton, 44, of Loveland.His passenger was also assaulted.Urton worked at CABVI since 2012 as a machine operator.A spokesman for the organization said Urton and a co-worker were returning from lunch break when he was killed.Investigators said Urton was driving down Kenton St. in Walnut Hills when a 4-year-old boy darted out in front of his car. The child was not seriously hurt.After the car hit the boy, investigators said three people began assaulting Urton and his co-worker. Someone then shot and killed Urton, investigators said.Long-time friends of Urton said he had a huge heart."Everybody loved him. He would walk in with a big smile on his face. He would light up a room," Trisha Faul said. "He was just a well-rounded, very sweet guy, and would do anything in the world for anybody."Friends said the don't understand how and why the violence escalated. "He was a loving person, cared about everybody, would never hurt a soul. He would go out of his way for anything. If I called him today and said I'm in Kentucky, my car broke down, could you help me, he would do anything and everything to help me, or come and get me," Faul said.On Kenton St. on Monday, people were tight-lipped. They said they feared for their own safety. One man told us the stretch of road is riddled with drugs, and the shooting wasn't surprising.Police are asking witnesses to call Crimestoppers at 513-352-3040.This recent shooting happened on the same street where a local attorney was caught in crossfire and shot in January.