{"id":720240,"date":"2026-06-07T03:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/720240\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T03:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:16:09","slug":"multiple-people-shot-near-street-festival-in-toledo-ohio-authorities-say-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/720240\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple people shot near street festival in Toledo, Ohio, authorities say | Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A shooting near a community festival in Toledo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ohio\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio<\/a>, wounded at least 12 people on Saturday, with police saying a search for the suspects was ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Two of the wounded were in a critical condition, Toledo deputy police chief Joe Heffernan said. He said it appeared there were at least two people firing weapons who were \u201cprobably shooting at each other\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Toledo police department said the shooting happened near the Old West End festival, an annual gathering of live music and home tours in a historic district of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Police investigate where multiple people were shot at a community festival in Toledo, Ohio.  Photograph: Paul Sancya\/AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The department said an active search was under way for those responsible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI am deeply concerned about the situation in Toledo tonight,\u201d Ohio governor Mike DeWine said in a statement. \u201cSummer festivals should be safe spaces for families to spend time together without fear of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Multiple videos posted to social media showed people running over the sound of gunshots and emergency officials tending to others who appeared wounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Kevin Berry said he was sitting in the neighbourhood arboretum listening to live music with his friends when he heard a handful of gunshots ring out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cEverybody hit the deck,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers block off a road near where multiple people were shot at a community festival. Photograph: Paul Sancya\/AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">When he looked back up, he saw a gun being tossed to the ground. Police officers who were already on-site for the festival immediately responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Berry, who has medical training and served in the US Navy, said he walked around the area looking for potential victims who might need help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He said he saw at least five people with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers work at the scene of a shooting near a festival in Toledo, Ohio. Photograph: WTVG\/AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe folks who were hit were spread out around the arboretum area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Old West End festival is a two-day celebration in Toledo\u2019s historic district that includes live music, food vendors, home tours and shopping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThis tragedy is really weighing heavily on both the residents and those who visit and enjoy this festival year after year,\u201d said city council member Theresa Morris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shooting near a community festival in Toledo, Ohio, wounded at least 12 people on Saturday, with police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-720240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}