Overview
- Officers responded after a report around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and found multiple people shot near the Old West End Festival, officials said.
- Many victims were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment and police have not released the number of injured or their medical conditions.
- The Toledo Police Department has secured the festival area and is actively searching for one or more unidentified suspect(s).
- A video circulating on social media reportedly captures more than ten gunshots, and witnesses described panic as people fled the event.
- The Old West End Festival is a two-day community event with live music and vendors and local authorities urged residents to avoid the neighborhood while the investigation continues.