Police in Ohio arrested a second suspect in a shooting that injured 12 people at a crowded neighborhood street event on June 6.
The Toledo Police Department reported that Ka Nye Taylor, 20, was taken into custody in Columbus on Wednesday. According to the law enforcement agency, the arrest was helped by officers of the United States Marshals Service, the Ohio State Highway Patrol, and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
Taylor will be transferred to Toledo to face 11 counts of felonious assault, according to the police. Court filings do not indicate him as having an attorney. Taylor’s phone numbers and those of his family members were not available or found in any web directory. A message left with what seems to be Taylor’s Facebook profile was not immediately responded to.
The other suspect, Eljay Crisp-Carr, 20, was arrested on June 11 and charged with 11 counts of felonious assault. Court filings do not indicate him as having an attorney.
The shooting occurred at Toledo’s Old West End Festival, which was taking place at a park with tents, music, and food trucks in a neighborhood with Victorian mansions. According to police, a confrontation between different groups appeared to grow, and two persons shot at each other, however neither was injured.
A criminal complaint filed in Toledo Municipal Court describes a video of Taylor discharging a gun into a crowd during an altercation at a festival. The officer claims Taylor is spotted firing at another male who is also shooting.
According to the report, Toledo police used video and NORIS data to identify Taylor, who was interviewed on the scene of the incident. An eyewitness also recognized Taylor.
In a criminal complaint filed in the same court as Crisp-Carr, a detective recounted video footage of him firing indiscriminately into the throng.
According to the court complaint, Toledo police identified Crisp-Carr through witness testimony, social media, and law enforcement pictures.
Hundreds of people turned out for the annual celebration in Toledo’s historic quarter, which is located on the western coast of Lake Erie about 55 miles southwest of Detroit. Due to the incident, organizers canceled the event’s second day.
The violence frightened spectators, who fled while others, including medics and police, raced to assist the injured. People who were injured ranged in age from teenagers to those in their sixties.
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