Jessica Brown

jlbrown@enquirer.com

A fatal shooting in Northside on Sunday evening could be a case of self-defense, a Cincinnati police spokeswoman said Monday morning.

Sgt. Lisa Davis, acting public information officer for Cincinnati police, said the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office is reviewing the case.

The man taken into custody after the shooting at the intersection of Chase Avenue and Cherry Street has not been charged.

David Wheeldon, 41, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 6:22 p.m. attack.

Sgt. George Pille, a veteran officer on routine patrol, was responding to a report of an attempted breaking and entering on Cherry Street when he heard gunshots as he got to the intersection of Chase and Hamilton avenues, police said.

When he got to Cherry Street, he saw a man on the ground and another over him holding a gun, police said.

Pille jumped out of his car and arrested the man at gunpoint, police said. It is unclear if the burglary call was related.

The gunman, a male in his 50s, was taken into custody without incident, Davis said. Police have not released his name.

The intersection re-opened around 8:30 p.m.

The shooting happened on the sidewalk next door to the McKie Recreation Center and the entrance to Chase Elementary School, a few doors down is a community garden. Several onlookers gathered.

Tom Zike lives a few doors from the shooting. He was doing yard work when he heard what he thought were fireworks. Then he saw the police cars.

"I've lived here 20 years. I'm just in shock," he said. "This doesn't usually happen here."

Residents said this is a quiet street and they've always felt safe here.

Seven witnesses were being questioned by police.

Jennifer Edwards Baker contributed.