1 airlifted to hospital after Middletown house explosion
Home explosion puts man in hospital in serious condition By Kody Fisher | January 11, 2021 at 4:31 PM EST - Updated January 12 at 7:32 AM
BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (FOX19) - A house exploded in Middletown sometime Monday afternoon, according to Middletown police.
The explosion occurred in the 2500 block of Flemming Road, police say.
A City of Middletown spokesperson says one person was taken by Careflight to Miami Valley Hospital with serious injuries.
Middletown police first reported the explosion by tweet at 4:12 p.m. The city spokesperson said the fire was under control as of 5 p.m.
Amber Russell lives across the street. She says she was standing in her driveway when the explosion happened.
39-year-old man fatally shot in Westwood By Kody Fisher and FOX19 Digital Staff | December 21, 2020 at 10:03 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 8:21 AM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - A 39-year-old man is dead in a shooting in Westwood Monday night, Cincinnati police said.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting at Werk Road and Glenmore Avenue about 9 p.m. The victim was identified early Tuesday as James Ellison.
A SWAT team arrived at the scene shortly after police announced the city’s latest homicide in a year of record slayings.
Police said SWAT was needed because they were investigating the possibility of a second victim in a house, but the scene was later cleared with no one found.
local businesses, but you see them, there seems to be a little bit more calm at the perimeter. there s not as much activity now at the perimeter. let s go to kody fisher with fox 21. reporting to us now, and i don t know if we can get a phone line up. he is telling us that seven civilians just rescued. that matches the number we have confirmed that have gone to have gone to hospitals. little less activity as they have taken many ambulances and rescue vehicles across this perimeter. and on to safety. and onto the hospitals. all right. sass we have the seven civilians escorted to safety. we have confirmed reports that there is an engagement of gunfire between law enforcement and the suspect playing out right now. he is on the move inside that building. we have known some of these
differently. this could be just a psycho pathic person that can be spoken to. we don t know the situation. but like that other gentleman says, when they call 9-1-1, we don t know really if it s one shooter or more shooters, but 20 shots is not a lot of shots compared if the cops are shooting back and forth. that s not a lot. if it s a high svelte gun they can have armor piercing bullets that can go through the armor they have. hold on one second. we have kody fish, e er, reporter on the scene. hello. hi. tell us yes. kody? yes, hello. tell us what you re seeing. [inaudible] have something difficulty. we ll connect back with him. bo, when do you make that determination? because you also have people who
we re told two of them appear to be safe. and that law enforcement on the ground is now working to get that third police officer that they know is hurt, to safety. we can also tell you that there are conflicting reports about where this guy is and what is happening with him, but one consistent thing is, according to the gazette, the colorado springs gazette, he seems to be contained in one area. now, the area that they cor cordoned off is on centennial boulevard and that s a pretty big space. there s shopping center people are being told to shelter in place. he expand heather were interviewing one who had coworkers in super cuts, locked up in a break room that what way want to be do, shelter in place. it jonathan hunt ready for us? tell me the latest. reporter: well, harris, this all began just a little over an hour ago, and our first inkling it was an active shooter situation was the colorado springs police department putting out a tweet that, yes, there was an active sh