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Antuan Hill Jr., 18, of Fairfield Twp. — a recent Fairfield High School graduate and college-bound standout football player — was one of three people wounded by gunfire during a fight around 10 p.m. Wednesday at Liberty Park on Yankee Road. Hill died at a local hospital.
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Romel Velasquez, 18, of Cincinnati, was arrested on suspicion of murder and felonious assault.
Jones said Moody also fired a gun during the fight.
Moody and Zyshaun Johnson, 19, of Cincinnati, suffered gunshots that were not life-threatening, investigators said.
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Jones said two groups met at the park when one person started shooting. The sheriff said Hill may have been part of Velasquez’s group, and that it was not gang-related or connected to a Tuesday morning shooting in Liberty Twp.
“These investigations take time to piece together but eventually we determine the who, what, when and where and why,” Jones said in a release.
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In the first deadly shooting, the sheriff’s office said suspects “lured” victim Khalic Rova-Shaquille Milton, 25, of Cincinnati to the area to steal his car. After a struggle, Milton was found dead by his car in the 6000 block of Spruce Creek Drive.
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Kaleb Marshall Tooson, 18, of Liberty Twp. was arrested on suspicion of murder and aggravated robbery, and a 14-year-old girl was arrested for complicity to aggravated robbery, complicity to murder and tampering with evidence. A warrant has been issued for a third man.
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