New video: Police continue investigation into Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds shooting
The FOX 8 I-Team first reported the shooting on the fairgrounds which occurred around 11 p.m. on Saturday. An 18-year-old male was wounded but is expected to survive.
Middleburg Heights police arrested a person of interest who was found in possession of a gun, but police aren't certain at this stage that person is the shooter.
Berea police said a group of 10 individuals were fighting near food vendor operations when someone fired one shot, hitting an 18-year-old male in the abdomen.
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'The one shot that was heard, this group dispersed,' Berea Police Lt. Tom Walker said. 'Officers were immediately on scene with no description of the firearm, no description of the suspect. We do believe it was a close-quarter gunshot injury.'
Walker said the injured male was treated at the scene and taken to a local hospital. He is expected to recover, but he did not get a good look at the person who shot him, according to police.
Walker said police immediately searched for a suspect, and two suspicious males were spotted running to a vehicle in the parking lot. Matching a plate number taken from the scene, Middleburg Heights police stopped that vehicle and a firearm was found on a male subject.
'A 19-year-old male was arrested in possession of a 9mm firearm,' Walker said. 'We're not sure if that's linked to this event. So, we're trying to work forensically with that gun that was recovered. We did recover a bullet fragment, cell phone video and are trying to figure out exactly what happened in this incident.'
The FOX 8 I-Team also reports another firearm was found by a park attendee in the parking lot on Sunday. That weapon will be tested, comparing forensics and ballistics to determine if it is connected to the shooting.
Fair organizers said they ramped up security on Sunday after the shooting and are considering making changes next year, after the first shooting at the fair since 1904.
'People understand, things happen,' fair public relations and media ambassador Candyce Traci said. 'It's not what we wanted to happen.'
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Organizers say attendance on Sunday was near record levels despite the shooting Saturday.
Berea police said in Ohio it is legal to carry a firearm on fairgrounds in the open area but not inside buildings. Walker said the shooter may have been under the legal age to carry regardless.
'It's just unfortunate that we have these … minor physical altercations that turn into such, you know, unacceptable violence with firearms to try to solve a dispute or a problem,' Walker said.
Berea police are asking the public to come forward with tips.
'Call our dispatch line and they'll forward it to our department at 440-234-1234,' Walker said.
There are a lot of videos on social media showing the altercation leading to the shooting. Investigators are hopeful those videos will fill in the gaps. Police and fair organizers view this as an isolated incident.
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