Cincinnati nightclub shooting toll rises to 17 injured, 1 dead; no arrests yet

Police today increased to 17 the number of injured in the incident.

ByABC News
March 27, 2017, 12:28 PM

— -- The toll from a weekend nightclub shooting in Cincinnati has risen to 17 people injured and one dead, as one more person has come forward and said he was struck by gunfire in the melee, police said Monday.

Among the injured, two are in critical condition, and two are in serious condition, police said. The person who died was identified by authorities Sunday as 27-year-old Obryan Spikes.

The city's police are continuing to investigate the shooting, which took place early Sunday at the Cameo Nightclub, and have yet to make an arrest, Police Chief Eliot Isaac told city officials during a previously scheduled meeting on law and public safety.

Officers believe more than one person was responsible for the gunfire, which sent approximately 200 people fleeing for safety, he said.

Investigators "believe, based on the number of shots, that there were multiple shooters," he said.

PHOTO: This photo taken of the Cameo nightclub shooting in Cincinnati shows the aftermath of an incident that left one dead and 17 others injured.
This photo taken of the Cameo nightclub shooting in Cincinnati shows the aftermath of an incident that left one dead and 17 others injured.

Isaac said today that residents are cooperating with the investigation and that police are confident that they will make arrests in the case.

PHOTO: This photo taken of the Cameo nightclub shooting in Cincinnati shows the aftermath of an incident that left one dead and 17 others injured.
This photo taken of the Cameo nightclub shooting in Cincinnati shows the aftermath of an incident that left one dead and 17 others injured.

The shooting started around 1:30 a.m., creating chaos, police said Sunday.

Images from inside the club give a sense of the violence: Hats and sneakers were left behind by clubgoers scrambling to escape, and couches and chairs were soaked with blood and punctured by bullets.

"The bar was very crowded" at the time, with hundreds of people inside, police said.

"People were going to have a good time and ended up being shot. That is unacceptable," Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley said at a press conference Sunday.

Police early on in their investigation ruled out terrorism as being behind the attack, but Cranley said that wasn't relevant.

"To the victims, what difference does it make?" he asked.

ABC News' John Bentley contributed to this report.