The Ring Place shooting came less than a month after the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Rakeem Blair Jr. in the neighborhood.
CINCINNATI — A teenager was seriously wounded in an East Price Hill shooting Sunday night, marking another case of gun violence involving a young person in the Cincinnati neighborhood within less than a month.
The latest shooting happened shortly before 10 p.m. in the 2500 block of Ring Place. Police found a male in his late teens with two gunshot wounds and took him to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Adrian Washington, 18, was later arrested in connection with the case.
Washington faces two counts of felonious assault, carrying a concealed weapon and obstructing official business. Police said he ran from officers before falling and dropping a gun. Authorities have not publicly said what led to the shooting, and the charges remain allegations while the case moves through court.
The Ring Place shooting follows a separate case that began Aug. 18 on Warsaw Avenue in East Price Hill. Rakeem Blair Jr., 14, was shot outside a vacant building and later died at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Police subsequently arrested a 16-year-old boy and accused him in Blair’s death.
Blair’s shooting brought renewed attention to vacant and problem properties in the neighborhood. His family said the confrontation began after Blair and other children threw rocks at a vacant building. Authorities accused another teenager of firing the shot that struck Blair. The juvenile charged in that case has been handled separately from the Ring Place investigation.
No information released by police indicates the two shootings are connected. They happened at different locations and under circumstances that authorities have described separately. Their proximity in time, however, has placed renewed attention on shootings involving teenagers in East Price Hill.
In the Ring Place case, police have not identified the wounded teenager or explained what investigators believe happened before the shots were fired. Officials also have not announced whether additional people are being sought or whether investigators believe more than one firearm was involved.
The victim’s injuries were described as serious but not life-threatening. That differs from Blair’s case, in which the 14-year-old remained hospitalized for several days before his family announced his death Aug. 24.
Washington was taken to the Hamilton County Justice Center following his arrest. Cincinnati police have not announced additional arrests in the Ring Place investigation, and key questions about the circumstances leading to the shooting remain unanswered.
Author note: Last updated Sept. 15, 2026.