TONIGHT. BRIAN. THANK YOU. ALSO DEVELOPING THIS EVENING, WE’VE NOW LEARNED THE MAN WHO POLICE SAY SHOT AND KILLED THREE PEOPLE IN MOUNT WASHINGTON THIS PAST WEEKEND HAS ALSO NOW DIED. SO TWO OF THE VICTIMS WERE SISTERS. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S ANCHOR, CHRIS JACOBS, IS HERE NOW WITH THE UPDATE. HI, CHRIS. HEY, SHEREE. SO THAT SUSPECTED GUNMAN WAS IDENTIFIED BY POLICE AS 26 YEAR OLD SAMUEL ERICKSON. THEY SAY HE KILLED HIMSELF AFTER HE SHOT THREE OTHERS. ERICKSON WAS INITIALLY HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. NOW WE’RE ALSO LEARNING FROM POLICE THAT ERICKSON KNEW AT LEAST ONE OF THE VICTIMS AND HAD A ROMANTIC INTEREST IN ONE OF THEM. POLICE SAY THEY’RE NOT INVESTIGATING THIS AS A HATE CRIME. SO THIS HAPPENED ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON BEACON STREET IN MOUNT WASHINGTON. CPD SAYS ERICKSON SHOT AND KILLED BEMNET DORRIS. ADUGNA AND FEVEN ADUGNA. WHEN POLICE GOT THERE, BEMNET AND ONE OF THE WOMEN WERE ALREADY DEAD. THE OTHER WOMAN, ALONG WITH ERICKSON, WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY BOTH LATER DIED. WE’RE TOLD FEVEN AND EDEN WERE SISTERS WHO BOTH WORKED AS PHARMACY TECHNICIANS FOR GOOD SAM HOSPITAL. TRIHEALTH, TELLING WLWT THEY WERE CHERISHED MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL TEAM AND POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SAY BEMNET WORKED AT A STORE ON MONTANA AVENUE. SO WHAT LED UP TO THIS SHOOTING IS STILL UNCLEAR. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE INFORMATIO
Police: Suspect in Mt. Washington shooting knew at least one victim
Updated: 5:19 PM EDT Sep 3, 2025
Police are sharing more details in the investigation into a shooting that left three victims dead in Mt. Washington.It all unfolded at a home along Beacon Street in Mt. Washington Sunday around 1:30 p.m.Three people—Bemnet Deresse, 27, a man, and Eden Adugna, 22, and Feven Adugna, 20, both women—were killed as a result of the shooting. Police say it happened around 1:30 p.m. at an apartment building on the 1500 block of Beacon Street.The suspected shooter was identified Wednesday. Officials say Samuel Tyler Ericksen, 26, has died as a result of a self-inflicted wound sustained on Aug. 31, the date of the incident.Ericksen was initially hospitalized in critical condition from the scene.When asked about a possible motive, Cincinnati police told WLWT they do not believe the shooting was a hate crime and that the offender “knew at least one of the victims of which he had a romantic interest.”Eden and Feven were pharmacy technicians at Good Samaritan Hospital. In a statement Monday afternoon, TriHealth said they are “devastated” by their deaths.”Everybody just loved them; they were very kind-hearted,” said Jamela, who worked with the girls at Good Samaritan and called them friends.”This guy will have you laugh in two seconds. That’s how cool he was. You know,” said Felicia Wood of Bemnet, whose friends described him as “happy and hardworking.”
CINCINNATI —
Police are sharing more details in the investigation into a shooting that left three victims dead in Mt. Washington.
It all unfolded at a home along Beacon Street in Mt. Washington Sunday around 1:30 p.m.
Three people—Bemnet Deresse, 27, a man, and Eden Adugna, 22, and Feven Adugna, 20, both women—were killed as a result of the shooting. Police say it happened around 1:30 p.m. at an apartment building on the 1500 block of Beacon Street.
The suspected shooter was identified Wednesday. Officials say Samuel Tyler Ericksen, 26, has died as a result of a self-inflicted wound sustained on Aug. 31, the date of the incident.
Ericksen was initially hospitalized in critical condition from the scene.
When asked about a possible motive, Cincinnati police told WLWT they do not believe the shooting was a hate crime and that the offender “knew at least one of the victims of which he had a romantic interest.”
Eden and Feven were pharmacy technicians at Good Samaritan Hospital. In a statement Monday afternoon, TriHealth said they are “devastated” by their deaths.
“Everybody just loved them; they were very kind-hearted,” said Jamela, who worked with the girls at Good Samaritan and called them friends.
“This guy will have you laugh in two seconds. That’s how cool he was. You know,” said Felicia Wood of Bemnet, whose friends described him as “happy and hardworking.”