An 18-year-old Black man fired 3 shots at four people driving in the Kennedy Heights section Cincinnati, Ohio. He was shouting that he didn’t like white people in his hood.
He is now in jail in lieu of $480,000 bail for his shooting spree. Fortunate no one was injured. The shooter, Devonta Allen, claimed that he was fired on first and was shooting back in self-defense but the police say that goes against all the evidence including videos.
The police say the entire incident began with a stolen car. Allen has been unable to make bail and will likely remain in jail until after his trial.
A black teenager in Kennedy Heights, Ohio, allegedly chased and fired a gun at four people while yelling “I don’t like white people in my hood,” court documents say.
Devonta Allen, 18 years old, was caught on video July 25 allegedly shootingthree times at four people. He hit two vehicles, but no one inside them was injured, according to the Cincinnati Police, the Independent reported.
Police say the incident began over a stolen car. The video is reportedly being used as evidence in court so it has not been released to the public.
A criminal complaint says that three of the alleged victims are white and one of them is African-American. Neighbors did not recognize the teenager, “I’d never seen him before and I don’t know who he was friends with,” one neighbor told Fox 19.
Allen tried to claim, after he turned himself in, that the alleged victims started the incident and fired at him first. However, the police say Allen’s story does not line up with the evidence they have.
“This and other statements made by Allen are inconsistent with the videotape evidence and statements from the victims and witnesses,” Cincinnati police said. Allen is being tried on four accounts of felony assault.