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Witnesses give descriptions of Tuesday’s shooting

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Staff Report Updated 6:24 PM Wednesday, July 1, 2009

HAMILTON — Witnesses have described men they said fled the scene of an East Avenue shooting on Tuesday, June 30.

According to Hamilton police reports, Richard Caldwell, 37, of the 300 block of Hampshire Avenue, was talking with other residents while on his bicycle at the corner of East Avenue and Walnut Street just before 6:42 p.m. June 30 when someone walked up and shot him once in the leg near the knee.

Witnesses on police 911-tapes said two black men wearing white shirts ran east on Walnut Avenue after Caldwell was shot. Another caller said a black man wearing black ran from the scene.

Police said Caldwell claimed not to know who shot him.

No one has been arrested in connection with the shooting, according to Officer Dave Crawford, Hamilton police spokesman.

Caldwell was initially transported by ambulance to The Fort Hamilton Hospital, but due to the bullet’s proximity to an artery, he was later flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Cincinnati. His injury was described as not life-threatening, said Crawford.

Hospital officials declined to release Caldwell’s condition or any other information.

Crawford said the case is under investigation. Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the investigations unit at (513) 868-5811, extension 2002.

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