TOLEDO, Ohio — A 17-year-old male is dead following a shooting near Steeplebush Drive and Chicory Drive in south Toledo on Saturday night.
Police were called to the scene around 10:20 p.m. on reports of a person shot. When officers arrived, they found Jacobie Wilson suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
Crews transported Wilson to the hospital, where he later died.
Officers on the scene said two people were shooting at one another in the street.
Some of the houses in the neighborhood were even hit by stray bullets.
The shooting shook up people on the street who say the neighborhood is normally very quiet.
"Gunshots, all I seen was the floor because that's what I hit as soon as I heard those bullets go past my window," said neighbor Felicia Jay.
Neighbors say that gunshots were also fired earlier in the day as kids played outside before the deadly shooting at night.
"I heard the gunshots. It was actually right there. There were a few children outside, so I came outside and there was glass everywhere," said Jay.
Later at night, neighbors once again heard multiple gunshots, one telling WTOL he heard four shots, a pause, and then four more.
"A lot of houses were hit, vehicles were hit in the crossfire so, that's disturbing," said neighbor Benjamin Bluitt.
Detectives responded to the scene and opened an investigation.
No arrests have been made.
This marks 35 homicides so far this year in the city. There were 38 total in 2019. Neighbors say it's tragic the victim was so young. And the pandemic has hit the youth hard.
"We have no rec centers. We barely have boys and girls club funding. No arts or anything. Because of that, they tend to go the other way, if they need something to do. Unfortunately they turn to the street to find that activity," said Jay.
Steeplebush residents say if it's happening on their quiet block, more needs to be done to stop gun violence across the city.
"I just hope we as Toledo can come together and get this under control and save our children because they are our tomorrow," said Jay.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 419-255-1111.
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