Three females, one male shot at Westwood home

Four people were shot in the 3100 block of Sunshine Avenue Friday evening filling the short street with emergency crews and police.

Police responded to a Westwood home around 8 p.m. and found a 15-year-old girl, two women aged 36 and 38 and a 28-year-old man all suffering from gunshot wounds, Cincinnati police Sgt. Jim Perkins said.

Ambulances were forced to park at the end of the narrow street and medics took the victims from the house on stretchers past neighbors watching the scene.

All the adults were transported to University of Cincinnati Medical Center. One of them is in critical but stable condition, the others did not have life-threatening injuries, police said.

The 15-year-old girl was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and is also expected to survive, Perkins said.

Police say the shooting appears to be targeted and believe the suspects left the area. They were searching for two male suspects in a wooded area near the home with K9 units.

"I don't think the neighborhood has anything to fear about even though the suspects are at-large," Perkins said.

Witnesses told police that the shooting began in front of the home and the four victims retreated inside the residence for safety. Several witnesses were transported from the scene to the District 3 headquarters to be interviewed.

"We have crime strategies in place to minimize violent crime in the community," Perkins said. "We have had a lot, that's for sure."

A second shooting occurred later Friday night on Cummins Street just before 9:30 p.m. On Thursday, a man was shot in East Price Hill.

"We're working hard doing preventative measures so this kind of violent activity doesn't occur." he said. "It's an ongoing process."