Police in Ohio are searching for a 20-year-old suspect and a “second shooter” in connection with a shooting at a neighborhood festival in Toledo on Saturday. injured 12 people.
Ka Nye Taylor is wanted on 11 counts of felonious assault in connection with the shooting at the Old West End Festival, Toledo police said in a news release Wednesday. He added that the suspect was identified following interviews and investigative leads.
Undated booking photo of Ka Nye Taylor.via Toledo PoliceTaylor was described as a 5-foot-11, 130-pound black man with black hair and brown eyes.
Investigators also received “photos of a second shooter” and are seeking the public’s help in identifying him.
Crime Stoppers and the U.S. Marshals Service are both offering rewards — $10,000 and $5,000, respectively — for information leading to their arrest.
Saturday’s shooting left 12 injured and stemmed from a “conflict involving two rival groups,” police said Tuesday.
The oldest victim is 61 and the youngest is 14, police Lt. Dan Gerken said Saturday. He added that most of the victims were aged in their 20s.
“Although investigators believe some of the victims were 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.
Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying a second suspect.via Toledo PolicePolice believed three of the victims were involved in the dispute between groups and the other nine were caught in the crossfire.
All victims are expected to survive and nine have already been released from hospital.
Troendle said Tuesday that officials are “still trying to piece this together” in terms of how Saturday night’s shooting unfolded.
