Police say they are looking for 3 to 4 men seen running from the scene

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WEBVTT SHE WAS JUST 9-YEARS-OLD>> SHE WAS A REAL SWEETHEART,LITTLE GIRL.BRIAN: AND WHEN KILLERS SHOTALEXANDRA THOMPSON, WHO EVERYONECALLED SISSY, A PART OF THECOMMUNITY'S FUTURE ALSO DIED.>> SHE WAS A SHINING STAR, ANDWE ALL KNEW IT.BRIAN: FREEMAN MCNEAL LIVES JUSTACROSS THE STREET. HIS GRANDAUGHTERS PLAYED WITHSISSY.HE SAYS THE SHOOTING ISINEXCUSABLE.>> I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENEDWHAT THE SITUATION WAS, NOBODYSHOULD HAVE WENT IN THAT HOUSEWITH THOSE CHILDREN AND DIDTHAT, NOBODYBRIAN: POLICE SAY THREE TO FOURMEN ENTERED THE HOME. NEIGHBORS TELL US THEY ASKED FORSISSY'S FATHER, THEN OPENED FIREWITH OTHER CHILDREN IN THEHOUSE.THE FATHER, WHOSE IDENTITY HASNOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS HIT BUTSURVIVED>> MORE THAN ONCE, AT LEASTTWICE.I THINK ONE OF THE BULLETS WENTALL THE WAY THROUGH HIM.BRIAN: PETERSON MINGO IS APASTOR, WHO SPOKE WITH THEFATHER IN THE HOSPITAL.>> HE SAID HE DON'T KNOW WHYTHEY TARGETED HIM, AND THAT'HIS WORDS. HE HAS NO IDEA WHY THEY TARGETEDHIM.BRIAN: NEIGHBORS TELL US THEFATHER LIVES IN THE HOME WITHHIS GIRLFRIEND AND 7 OR 8CHILDRENNOW A FAMILY AND AN ENTIRECOMMUNITY ARE TRYING TO ASSESSTHE LOSS OF A YOUNG GIRL ANDEVERYTHING SHE HAD TO GIVE.>> THAT SPIRIT, THAT FIGHT, ANDTHAT LOVE THAT SHE HAD, THATTENDERNESS, AND IT'S GONEBRIAN: THE FATHER IS RECOVERINGHERE AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY HE MADE IT THROUGHSURGERY BUT IS IN CRITICAL BUT

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A young girl was killed and her father was injured Wednesday in a shooting in Mount Auburn. Authorities were called just before 6 p.m. to a home to the 2200 block of Burnet Avenue on reports of a shooting. Police said they found a 39-year-old man and his 9-year-old daughter with multiple gunshot wounds inside of the home. The girl, identified as Alexandrea Thompson, was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital, where she died, authorities said. Thompson was a student at Mount Auburn International Academy. Authorities said the man was underwent surgery at UC Medical Center. He is listed in critical condition. “She was a shining star and we all knew it,” said Freeman McNeal who lives just across the street. McNeal said Alexandrea was called “Sissy” by everyone in the neighborhood. She was like a granddaughter to him. “That spirit, that fight and that love that she love she had, that tenderness -- it’s gone,” McNeal said. Senora Ware, a neighbor, saw the aftermath of the shooting as she walked in the area to go to the store. "I saw the lady run out waving her hand and all the police cars coming by," Ware said. Ware said the scene made her emotional. "I have young kids, and I just couldn't imagine something like that happening to my children," she said. Investigators told WLWT that the man was hit in his upper torso. An officer said the man was also hit in his side. "To have an occurrence where we have a small child, 9 years old ... it weighs on you," Cincinnati assistant police Chief Paul Neudigate said Wednesday evening. Police said they are looking for three or four men who were seen running from the scene, but would not speculate about why they were at the home or why shots were fired. “He said he doesn’t know why they targeted him, and that’s his words,” said Peterson Mingo, a pastor who talked to the father in the hospital. “He said he had seen one of the guys around but he didn’t know who they were,” Mingo said. "Any cooperation from anybody that knows anything about this horrendous act, we need them to ... call us. Give us information. Somebody needs to be held accountable for this," Neudigate said.