Police respond to shooting at apartment complex in Colerain Township

TIME IS 642 ON YOUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. KICK OFF WITH A LIVE LOOK OVER DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI. WE ARE TRACKING A STEAMY START TO YOUR THURSDAY. HAD THOSE STORMS OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY MOVED OUT NOW, BUT THAT HUMIDITY. IT’S GOING TO STAY WITH US. IF YOU CAN’T GO FOR A SWIM AT THE POOL, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY JUST WALK OUTSIDE AND JUST GO FOR A SWIM. SWIM THROUGH THE AIR. MAN, THAT HUMIDITY THAT WE’VE ALREADY HAD HAS BEEN UNCOMFORTABLE. AND WITH THESE STORMS MOVING OUT EARLY, IT’S GOING TO GET THE CHANCE TO GET EVEN MORE UNCOMFORTABLE. EXACTLY. THE STEAMY FACTOR GOES UP THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY IS UP. IT’S GOING TO FEEL LIKE PROBABLY THE MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON, SO THE POOL WILL BE A GOOD BET. WE CAN’T RULE OUT A POP UP DOWNPOUR THIS AFTERNOON, BUT I DON’T THINK THEY’RE GOING TO BE AS WIDESPREAD AS THEY HAVE BEEN. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK. EARLY THIS MORNING WE HAD SOME VERY INTENSE RAIN AND SLOW MOVING DOWNPOURS, ESPECIALLY INTO SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA. BUT YOU CAN SEE NOW THOSE ARE ALL BUT OUT OF HERE. ZOOMING IN TO EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ADAMS COUNTY, THERE’S VANCEBURG ACROSS THE RIVER. STOUT HAS DRIED OUT. THINGS ARE LOOKING DRIER ACROSS ADAMS COUNTY AND THEN HEAD BACK INTO BRACKEN AND MASON COUNTIES. COUPLE OF LINGERING SHOWERS BETWEEN BROOKSVILLE, STONEWALL AND FERN LEAF, BUT OTHERWISE MOST PLACES HAVE DRIED OUT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN OVERNIGHT WAS IN PORTIONS OF RIPLEY AND DEARBORN COUNTIES. AREAS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THOSE COUNTIES STILL HAVE FLOOD ADVISORIES, MEANING, HEY, DECENT PUDDLES, MAYBE SOME STANDING WATER AS YOU HEAD OUT THIS MORNING. SO IT IS A WEATHER IMPACT DAY. THE RAIN IS GONE WELL BEFORE 8 A.M. A FEW POP UPS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING, JUST BECAUSE THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BE A FACTOR. SO IMPACTS OF COURSE THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE DRIVING THROUGH MORE RURAL ROUTES IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA. BIG PUDDLES, MAYBE SOME STANDING WATER. HEAT AND HUMIDITY ARE GOING TO BE YOUR BIG FACTOR. IT’LL FEEL LIKE THE MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON. SO FUTURECAST SHOWS MAYBE A LINGERING POCKET OF RAIN INTO THE 7:00 HOUR. BUT THEN THE SUNSHINE COMES OUT AND IT’S GOING TO BE STEAMY SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. MOST PLACES WILL BE DRY. CAN’T RULE OUT A POP UP DOWNPOUR AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING HOURS, BUT TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE GOING TO BE UP INTO THE MID 80S. AND WE DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF RAIN. I’LL BREAK DOWN THE TIMELINE FOR THAT HERE COMING UP. KELLY. OKAY, RANDY, THANKS SO MUCH. WE WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A CRASH 75 HEADING NORTHBOUND AND IT IS IMPACTING PEOPLE THAT POTENTIALLY GET ON ANYWHERE SOUTH OF RONALD REAGAN CROSS COUNTY HIGHWAY. SO THIS LOOKS LIKE IT’S MOVING FREELY BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE EVERYTHING KIND OF OPENS UP IN THAT EXTRA LANE BECOMES A HELPFUL FACTOR. WE’VE GOT THREE POLICE ON SCENE. WE BELIEVE THIS IS LOCKLAND POLICE BECAUSE THAT’S NOT WHAT CPD. THE UNITS LOOK LIKE. BUT YOU CAN SEE AT LEAST THREE VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. IT’S OFF TO THE SIDE. TOW TRUCK JUST ARRIVED, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GET CLEARED OUT HERE PRETTY QUICKLY, WHICH WILL THEN ALLOW TRAFFIC TO CLEAR AS WELL. SO AGAIN, TRAFFIC STRETCHING FROM THE TOP OF THE SPLIT DOWN TO CROSS COUNTY HIGHWAY. AND WE’LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT FOR YOU THIS MORNING. THE SITUATION OVER DOWNTOWN APPEARS TO HAVE CLEARED, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. SO THAT WAS HEADING 75 SOUTHBOUND AND THEN GETTING ONTO 71 NORTHBOUND. AGAIN, NOT A MAJOR ISSUE NOW. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, TRAFFIC THROUGH DOWNTOWN IS FLOWING FREELY. I THINK THAT CAMERA JUST SPED UP FOR A SECOND. I DON’T THINK THOSE TRUCKS WERE ACTUALLY GOING THAT FAST, BUT WE’LL KEEP AN EYE HERE ON THINGS FOR YOU AND KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. STEPHEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT 645, BREAKING NEWS, AN ENTIRE HIGH RISE FORCED TO EVACUATE AFTER SMOKE FILLS THE BUILDING OVERNIGHT. THIS IS AT THE QUEEN’S TOWER APARTMENTS ON MATTSON PLACE. THIS IS THE INCLINE DISTRICT NEAR OLDEN VIEW PARK. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S NICOLE APONTE HAS BEEN OUT THERE ALL MORNING FOR US NIKOLE AND FORTUNATELY NOW EVERYBODY IS BACK INSIDE. AND THAT IS THE NEWS THAT WE LOVE TO HEAR. STEPHEN. EVERYONE IS BACK INSIDE OF THESE APARTMENTS THIS MORNING. THESE ARE THE QUEEN TOWER APARTMENTS IN THE INCLINE DISTRICT. WE KNOW THAT NO ONE IS INJURED AND NO ONE IS DISPLACED. CONSIDERING HOW MASSIVE THIS FIRE RESPONSE WAS, THE HEAVY SMOKE IN THE BUILDING AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. THE OUTCOME THIS MORNING COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT. THE FIRE ALARM WENT OFF AT ABOUT 215 THIS MORNING. CREWS RUSHED TO THE SCENE IN ABOUT THREE MINUTES. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THERE, THERE WAS SMOKE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT WAS QUICKLY UPGRADED TO A SECOND ALARM FIRE, WITH FIREFIGHTERS HERE TO HELP. FIREFIGHTERS HAD EVACUATED NEARLY 150 RESIDENTS FROM THEIR APARTMENTS THIS MORNING. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT THE CINCINNATI FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF SAYS THAT THE FIRE DID START IN THE BASEMENT OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. A STORAGE ROOM HERE. REPORTING LIVE IN THE INCLINE DISTRICT. NICOLE APONTE. WLWT. NEWS 5. NIKOLE. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. A MOTHER ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HER YOUNG SON AND THEN TURNING THE GUN ON HERSELF HAS NOW PLEADED GUILTY. SHE ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA TO ATTEMPTED MURDER IN COURT YESTERDAY. SHE NOW FACES BETWEEN 11 AND 16 YEARS IN PRISON. PROSECUTORS SAY STROUD SHOT HER SON IN THE HEAD IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR BEFORE SHOOTING HERSELF IN THE CHEST IN WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS AN ATTEMPTED MURDER SUICIDE. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE HOME BY STROUD’S BOYFRIEND. THE CHILD IS STILL ON LIFE SUPPORT, HAS NOT RESPONDED SINCE THAT SHOOTING. PROSECUTORS SAY THOSE CHARGES COULD BE UPGRADED IF THE BOY DOES NOT SURVIVE. STROUD IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED NEXT MONTH. HAPPENING TODAY, THREE PEOPLE WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO THEIR ROLE IN THE DOWNTOWN BRAWL IN CINCINNATI WILL LEARN THEIR SENTENCE TODAY. JERMAINE MATTHEWS, ASIA DAVON AND GREGORY WRIGHT ARE ALL DUE IN COURT AT NINE THIS MORNING. NOW, THEY PLEADED GUILTY LAST MONTH TO VARIOUS CHARGES, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED RIOT, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED FELONIOUS ASSAULT. ALL OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN THAT BRAWL AT FOURTH AND ELM STREETS LAST SUMMER THAT WENT VIRAL ONLINE. TWO OTHERS LINKED TO THE CASE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED. ANOTHER TWO STILL HAVE THEIR CASES MOVING THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TODAY. 648 A MAJOR PLAN TO EXPAND THE BANKS IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO MOVING FORWARD. A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HEADING FOR A FULL COUNCIL VOTE TODAY. NEW RENDERINGS AND A 3D MODEL ON YOUR SCREEN NOW SHOW PLANS TO DEVELOP THE REMAINING SITES WITH MORE HOUSING, RETAIL, OFFICE SPACE, PUBLIC GATHERING AREAS. A KEY PIECE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS ALONG WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE DISTRICT’S PARKING GARAGE. IF APPROVED, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WOULD BEGIN SEARCHING FOR A DEVELOPER TO TURN THIS CONCEPT INTO REALITY. THE PROJECT IN ALL WOULD TAKE ABOUT 10 TO 15 YEARS TO GET DONE. THE COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO VOTE AT 2 P.M. ALL RIGHT. LANE CLOSURES RAMPING UP ON 7175 AS THE BRANCH CORRIDOR PROJECT MOVES INTO ITS NEXT PHASE. SEEING A LOT OF MOVEMENT DOWN THERE ALREADY IN THE LAST TWO HOURS, CREWS WRAPPED UP THE OVERNIGHT CLOSURES THAT WERE IN THE FAR LEFT LANES. WITH THOSE SHIFT TO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES TONIGHT. A SINGLE LANE WILL CLOSE AT EIGHT, AND THEN TWO LEFT LANES WILL CLOSE AT 11. THEY ARE SLATED TO BE OPEN BY 5:00 TOMORROW MORNING. NOW, THOSE CLOSURES COME AS OHIO LEADERS JUST ACROSS THE RIVER RELEASED A 30 PAGE PLAN DETAILING HOW THEY PLAN TO MONITOR TRAFFIC FLOW. ODOT HAS LAID OUT NEW RENDERINGS OF THE SIXTH STREET BRIDGE AND A DECONSTRUCTED PORTION OF LONGWORTH HALL. THEY SAY THE PROJECT WILL HAVE 700 WORKERS AT ITS PEAK IN OHIO. WE WERE JUST DOWN T