Overview
- Gunfire broke out close to the Old West End summer festival in Toledo, injuring at least 12 people with victims aged 14 to 61 and two reported in critical condition.
- Hours after the attack authorities said no suspects were in custody and that evidence from phones and video will be central to identifying who fired the shots.
- Investigators told reporters they believe at least two people fired and that the shooters may have been firing at each other, a detail that shapes the ongoing probe.
- Emergency teams faced heavy traffic and panicked crowds but the fire and EMS chiefs said all patients were reached and transported from the scene within about an hour.
- Ohio officials, including the governor, warned the incident raises fresh concerns about public safety at family events and highlighted the wider toll of gun violence in the United States.