The 11-year-old Ohio boy killed when someone in a car fired into a crowd of children in Cincinnati on Friday has been identified, according to reports.
The victim was identified as Dominic Davis by the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office. The report from the coroner’s office lists homicide as the circumstances.
Dominic Davis, four other children and one adult woman were struck when an occupant of a dark sedan fired 22 rounds near an intersection about 9:30 p.m. The other victims − boys aged 12, 13 and 15, a 15-year-old girl and a 53-year-old woman − survived. One of the injured victims remained hospitalized in stable condition as of Monday morning, while the others have been discharged.
Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval said the kids were playing outside when the shots rang out.
Pureval called the shooting “sickening and unimaginable.” The shooting happened just a short walk from a child care provider, a girls’ dance studio, and a playground.
“Twenty-two rounds were fired,” Pureval said. “Twenty-two rounds in a moment − into a crowd of kids. No time to respond. No time to react.”
Investigators called the shooting a drive-by. Cincinnati police have been investigating multiple drive-by shootings this year. In June, three juveniles and an adult were shot in Over-the-Rhine.
Issac Davis, Dominic’s father, made a plea for anyone with information about his son’s death to come forward.
“When will this stop? Will this ever stop?” he asked at a news conference on Sunday. “Like how many people have to bury their kids, their babies, their loved ones?”
The investigation by the Cincinnati Police Department’s homicide unit is ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to call investigators at 513-352-3542.
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