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Two Arrested in Toledo Festival Shooting That Wounded 12

Authorities say video and investigative data tied two 20‑year‑olds to the June 6 attack and set the stage for felony trials and forensic testing of recovered guns.

Overview

  • The shooting at the Old West End Festival on Saturday wounded 12 people and forced organizers to cancel the event’s second day.
  • Eljay Crisp‑Carr, 20, was arrested on June 11 and Ka Nye Taylor, 20, was taken into custody June 17 in Columbus and will be returned to Toledo.
  • Criminal complaints describe video showing both men firing into the crowd during an altercation, and witnesses helped identify the suspects.
  • Police say investigators used surveillance video, NORIS data, social media and law enforcement photos to build the cases and recovered firearms are undergoing forensic examination.
  • The violence struck bystanders from teenagers to people in their 60s and has prompted a multi‑agency response and heightened safety concerns for neighborhood events.