Police investigating deadly shooting in Evanston, blocks from Xavier University
THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS. AND THAT BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT CINCINNATI POLICE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY SHOOTING IN EVANSTON. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US HERE AT 10:00. I’M CHRIS JACOBS, SO POLICE HAVE A LARGE AREA OF MONTGOMERY ROAD BLOCKED OFF NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BREWSTER AVENUE. THIS IS A BUSY STRETCH OF ROAD JUST NORTH OF 71 AND JUST SOUTH OF XAVIER UNIVERSITY. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S AARON THOMAS IS LIVE FOR US. AARON, WE KNOW A FEW THINGS, LIKE THE HOMICIDE UNIT. THEY WERE CALLED OUT TO THE SCENE. YEAH, THAT’S CORRECT. CHRIS. YOU KNOW, WE SAW THAT CRIME SCENE UNIT VEHICLE ROLL ON THIS SCENE JUST WITHIN THE PAST 15 MINUTES OR SO, AND YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME WITH THE CRIME SCENE TAPE AND THE OFFICERS, THAT PART OF MONTGOMERY ROAD REMAINS CLOSED AS THEY LOOK INTO THIS DEADLY SHOOTING. WHAT WE’RE WORKING TO FIND OUT IS IF THERE’S MORE THAN ONE VICTIM. NOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT THIS SHOOTING IS INDEED CLOSE TO XAVIER UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS. AND SOME OF THOSE OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AFTER THE INITIAL REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED. OFFICERS ON SCENE HAVE NOT SAID WHAT LED TO THIS DEADLY SHOOTING, BUT THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN. IS THERE A SUSPECT ON THE RUN AND HAS THAT PERSON BEEN CAPTURED AT THIS HOUR? WE’RE WORKING TO CONFIRM DETAILS THAT WE HEARD FROM POLICE RADIO COMMUNICATION. A DISPATCHER SAID THAT THIS CALL CAME IN AS A SHOTSPOTTER CALL, AND AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS DROPPED OFF AT THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT ON SCENE. MONTGOMERY ROAD AND BRUCE, I’M GETTING ANOTHER CALL FOR A MALE THAT’S BEEN SHOT IN HIS VEHICLE. THIS IS COMING FROM MONTGOMERY AND BREWSTER. HE’S IN A BLACK CHEVY IMPALA. AND AGAIN, ALL THAT THAT YOU JUST HEARD IS POLICE SCANNER COMMUNICATION THAT WE ARE WORKING TO CONFIRM. YOU CAN EXPECT A PART OF MONTGOMERY ROAD TO BE BLOCKED OFF. IN THE MEANTIME, AS POLICE WORK THIS INVESTIGATION. REPORTING LIV
Police investigating deadly shooting in Evanston, blocks from Xavier University
Updated: 10:38 PM EDT Sep 26, 2025
Cincinnati police are investigating a homicide after a shooting in Evanston on Friday night, just blocks away from Xavier University.Police responded to the area of Montgomery Road and Brewster Avenue around 8 p.m. Police blocked off part of Montgomery Road, near Brewster Avenue, while the Homicide Unit was on scene.At this time, police have not said what happened or how many victims were reported.
CINCINNATI —
Cincinnati police are investigating a homicide after a shooting in Evanston on Friday night, just blocks away from Xavier University.
Police responded to the area of Montgomery Road and Brewster Avenue around 8 p.m.
Police blocked off part of Montgomery Road, near Brewster Avenue, while the Homicide Unit was on scene.
At this time, police have not said what happened or how many victims were reported.
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BREAKING: Homicide unit is investigating after a deadly shooting in Evanston.
Police have blocked off part of Montgomery Road near Brewster Avenue.
I’ll have a live report on @wlwt wire what I’m learning thus far. pic.twitter.com/Qxowj58OLk
— Aaron Thomas (@WLWTAaron) September 27, 2025