One killed, 14 injured in nightclub shooting

One person had died and at least 15 people have been injured after at least two gunmen opened fire in a nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio, early on Sunday.

The shooting took place around 1 a.m. when hundreds of people were reported at the Cameo Nightlife club, which the Cincinnati Police Department said has had "multiple problems" in the past.

“At this point it's unclear exactly what instigated the shooting,” Captain Kimberly Williams said at a televised briefing. “We believe that there were at least a couple of shooters involved.”

“Just a lot of chaos when the shots went off,” Williams added.

The suspects were at large and police do not have good descriptions of them, in part because witnesses were reluctant to cooperate, Williams told WCPO.

Authorities have said nothing yet about a possible motive for the shooting, which comes less than a year after a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people. It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Several of the victims had life-threatening injuries, WLWT-TV reported on its website, quoting Assistant Police Chief Paul Neudigate, who said hundreds of people were in the nightclub at the time of shooting.

Those injured have been taken to four local hospitals, some by ambulance and some by their own conveyance.

The University of Cincinnati Medical Center said it has received eight patients from the shooting, four of whom were in a stable condition, three were seriously injured and one person was in a critical condition. 

Family members of the victims arrived at the hospitals, awaiting updates from the police, as reports of the incident circulated.

Assistant Police Chief Paul Neudigate said there were hundreds of people inside the nightclub and many of them fled when shots rang out.

“We are in the middle of a very horrific situation that occurred at the nightclub with multiple victims,” he said.

“It’s going to be a long night for our homicide units to investigate.”