Christopher Shipman held without bond after Friday night incident that left 25-year-old dead
CINCINNATI - A 36-year-old man is being held without bond and charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting a 25-year-old man Friday night in Fountain Square.
Officers responded around 8:30 p.m. Friday to Fountain Square for the report of a person shot, finding Darius Wheeler suffering from a gunshot wound. Police said Christopher Shipman was arrested in connection with the shooting. According to an arrest and investigation report, during a fight, Shipman pulled out a handgun and fired a shot at Wheeler, who was standing in front of him. The report adds that Shipman continued firing shots as Wheeler ran away, eventually fatally shooting him.
“I was standing on the sidewalk, and this man starts approaching me, very aggressively, he was cursing, he was making gun gestures with his hands, and he comes up to me and asks me a lot of questions about sort of what I’m doing, where I’m going,” Grubbs said. “And before I sat down, I felt like maybe I should go somewhere else... and it’s not characteristic of me but I got up and I left,” Grubbs said.
“About 5 minutes later is when the shooting happened. ”“He looks very similar to the man in the picture there, the suspect that’s in custody, I can’t say 100% certain but it looks like it was very likely him,” Grubbs said. Shipman appeared in court Saturday morning. According to media partners at the Enquirer, Shipman’s attorney said he owned the gun legally and acted in self-defense after he was leaving a restaurant and was confronted by Wheeler.
The Enquirer also reported that a Cincinnati detective said Shipman waited for Wheeler to leave the restaurant before the altercation began. In the arrest report, Shipman said he was punched and choked by Wheeler and fired the first shot to get him off him before shooting the victim several more times.
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