Cincy police chief urges help in wounding of 3-year-old girl

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati’s new police chief, frustrated by a “no snitches” tradition among some residents, wants people to help police and their community by coming forward with information about a gunbattle in which a child was wounded by a stray bullet.

“It’s senseless, and a 3-year-old girl doesn’t have a voice,” Chief Jeffrey Blackwell said Wednesday. “I’m angry today as the police chief that this type of violence is happening. When it affects children, it affects me personally.”

WLWT-TV reports that Avondale community activist Ozie Davis also called on witnesses to do something to help make their neighborhood safer.

“It’s a problem, and I’m telling people of Avondale today there’s enough good people that are rallying around one another that you don’t have to be scared no more,” Davis said. “I’m not going to live in my neighborhood scared.”