Multiple people have been shot near a festival in Toledo, Ohio, authorities say

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Source: CNN

Multiple people have been shot near a festival in Toledo, Ohio, authorities say

By Emma Tucker
Updated 22 min ago
Updated Jun 6, 2026, 7:29 PM ET
PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2026, 6:44 PM ET


Police respond to a shooting at the Old West End Festival in Toledo, Ohio, on June 6, 2026.

Multiple people have been shot near the Old West End Festival in Toledo, Ohio, authorities said Saturday. ... Officers are actively searching for the suspect or suspects involved in the incident after responding to the scene around 5:30 p.m. local time, the Toledo Police Department said.

“Many victims” have been transported to nearby hospitals for treatment, Toledo police said on Facebook. No information was available on how many people were wounded or what their conditions were. ... Police are asking people to avoid the area as they conduct their investigation. A significant presence of officers remains at the scene.

The Old West End Festival is an annual two-day event in the city’s historic district, with one of the largest neighborhoods of Victorian houses in the country. The event had been scheduled to kick off with a parade Saturday morning and features live music and food markets.

Two festivalgoers said they were enjoying the event when they heard multiple shots and saw panic break out, describing the scene as “pandemonium,” they told CNN affiliate WTOL.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/06/us/old-west-end-festival-toledo-ohio-shooting

[The Grand Illuminist]

1. Wonder who was playing there

nt

[LudwigPastorius]

5. Saturday's lineup:

Arboretum (Delaware & Robinwood)
12:00 Arctic Clam, Rock
1:00 Slacker Vibes, Outlaw Indie
2:00 Ryan Roth, Rust Belt Americana
3:00 Science Class, Rock/Hip-Hop
4:00 Horselover, Alt Rock
5:00 Goalpost, Alternative Rock
6:00 Tasty Bits, OH-CAL Reggae
7:00 Funk Factory, Feel Good Music
8:30 Flex Arkana and the Softshell Armadillos, Psychedelic Honky Tonk

Art Fair Stage (Parkwood & Woodruff)
1:00 Aegela Middle Eastern Dancers, Dances of Egypt & N. Africa
2:00 Cheap Spirits, Grunge/Soul
3:00 Rick Flores, Solo Acoustic
4:00 Blake Lehman, Indie Folk
5:00 New Moon Folk, Rock, & Blues

http://www.toledooldwestend.com/entertainment

[Aristus]

2. Shit. The REAL Old West didn't have this many shootings.

Strict gun control in most places on the frontier.

[C Moon]

7. Old West: "Local sheriffs and town marshals frequently required visitors to surrender their firearms"

[Bengus81]

11. Yepper...check your guns in at the Sheriffs office in Wichita and get them

back when your riding out of town. Simple as that..........

[rampartd]

3. AP reports at least 8 shot

City council member Theresa Morris said there were at least eight victims from the shooting.

[Orangenero]

4. Gang violence

NEAR the festival...

[hamsterjill]

6. So horrible.

Don't even know what to say except my prayers for the victims and the people who witnessed this and will be forever changed.

[VGNonly]

8. The reports are 12 shot,

2 are in critical condition, ages ranging from 14 to 61. Two persons started shooting at each other, victims caught in the crossfire. No arrests have been made.

[Grins]

9. Hardly made the news.

Just another day in America!

[MichMan]

10. One suspect has been identified, but not yet apprehended

Ohio police are searching for a 20-year-old suspect and a “second shooter” in connection with a Saturday shooting at a neighborhood festival in Toledo that wounded 12 people.

Ka Nye Taylor is wanted on 11 counts of felonious assault in connection with the shooting at the Old West End Festival, the Toledo Police Department said in a statement Wednesday. It added that the suspect was identified following interviews and investigative leads. Taylor was described as a 5-foot-11 Black man weighing 130 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Investigators have also received “photos of a second shooter” and are seeking the public’s help in identifying him.

The Saturday mass shooting left 12 people wounded and stemmed from “a dispute involving two rival groups,” police said Tuesday.
The oldest victim is 61 years old and the youngest is 14, police Lt. Dan Gerken said Saturday. He added that most of the victims were in their early 20s.

“While investigators believe some of the victims are intentionally targeted, the majority of those injured appear to have been innocent bystanders caught up in this senseless act of violence,” Toledo Police Chief Michael Troendle said Tuesday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/police-identify-suspect-in-ohio-festival-shooting-that-wounded-12/ar-AA25jEkx?ocid=BingNewsSerp