Woodward athlete 'injured in shooting' after shots fired during football game at North College Hill

NORTH COLLEGE HILL, Ohio (WXIX) – A Woodward High School athlete was injured in a shooting during the school's football game in North College Hill, Cincinnati Public Schools said.

“This evening, a Woodward Career Technical High School student-athlete was injured in a shooting during the school's football game in North College Hill,” the district said in a statement.

“Cincinnati Public Schools is aware of this tragic event and our support continues to be available to the student, his family, friends and the school community. The CPS Crisis Response Team will be on site to provide support to students as they return to school on Tuesday.”

There will be no more football games on the North College Hill campus this season after someone shot at the elementary school, NCH Superintendent Eugene Blalock told FOX19 NOW.

He said that there were metal detectors at the game and masks and carrying bags were prohibited, and that something like this still happened.

It all happened on Friday around 8:30 p.m.

Officers responded to reports of gunshots and a person being carried away with a graze gunshot wound into the middle school gymnasium.

This came two weeks after shots were fired near the football stadium, interrupting North College Hill's game against Cincinnati Country Day.

Officials cleared the players and fans from the stadium without incident and subsequently concluded that this was an isolated incident that had nothing to do with the game at the school.

“Out of an abundance of caution, the decision was made to cancel the remainder of the game.

North College Hill did not play the following week because their opponent, Miami Valley Christian Academy, declined to go there.

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