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Ka Nye Taylor is wanted on 11 counts of felonious assault, the
Toledo Police Department said Wednesday, four days after the
shooting in a park filled with event tents, a music stage and
food trucks.
Police on Wednesday released a photo of a second male suspect
dressed in all black at the festival. Phone numbers for Taylor
or his family members were not immediately available or found in
online directories.
The shooting erupted after someone was tackled and assaulted at
the festival, leading one person to open fire and a second to
respond with more gunshots, Toledo Police Chief Michael Troendle
said at a news conference Tuesday.
Three of the 12 people shot were involved in the altercation,
authorities said, while the rest were bystanders. The wounded
ranged in age from teenagers to one person in their 60s. All but
three had been released from the hospital by Tuesday.
The police chief and other city officials praised officers and
good Samaritans who quickly helped the victims.
“We saw strangers who were shocked and frightened by the
violence they just saw, they jumped into action,” said Chief of
Fire and Rescue Allison Armstrong. “They helped others by
placing tourniquets, dressing wounds, applying pressure and
comforting those victims until additional help could arrive.”
Half the victims arrived at hospitals with tourniquets applied
by either police or bystanders, Armstrong said.
Hundreds of people were at the Old West End Festival, an annual
two-day celebration in Toledo’s historic district that covers
several city blocks and features live music, vendors and home
tours. Toledo is located in northwest Ohio near the western edge
of Lake Erie, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) southwest of
Detroit.
The remainder of the festival was canceled Sunday. Organizers
said it would not have been "compassionate, responsible or
possible” to continue through he weekend.
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Ramer reported from Concord, New Hampshire.
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