Cincinnati shooting: No alcohol, drugs found in gunman who killed 3

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By Breaking News Staff
Oct 20, 2018
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The man who killed three people and wounded two others in a downtown Cincinnati office building had no drugs or alcohol in his system, according to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office.

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Omar Enrique Santa Perez, 29, walked into the Fifth Third Bank building lobby on Sept. 6, then opened fire randomly before being killed by Cincinnati police officers who shot him.

Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac said Omar Santa-Perez, 29, walked into the Fifth Third Center downtown building dressed in business attire and holding a 9 mm handgun and a briefcase stuffed with 200 rounds of ammunition when he opened fire at 9:06 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018.

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The coroner’s office reported Perez was shot multiple times, including a fatal shot to the head. There was no evidence of close-range shooting, the coroner’s office reported.

Body camera footage from officers showed they engaged him through the glass windows.

Omar Santa Perez, 29, was shot and killed by Cincinnati Police inside the Fifth Third Bank building on Fountain Square. PHOTO COURTESY/Broward County Sheriff's Office

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Police have not determined a motive for Perez’s actions.

His family members wanted to have him committed to a mental-health facility years ago, Florida court records showed.

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