Reply #9: I have a feeling there may be more to the story. [View All]

I found this comment on another message forum discussing this issue. This is a comment from someone who lives in that city and has had experience with the aggressive panhandling going on at the crime scene;

Quote- I work right down the street from where this happened. It is a combination Marathon gas station and White Castle restaurant go thru the drive thru at night to get coffee. There are a group of Bums that hang out in the lot at night. They are usually drunk or high or both and some show signs of mental illness. These guys walk right up to your window while at the drive thru and demand money. If you refuse they will spit in your face, throw garbage or rocks at you or your vehicle, beat and kick your vehicle until it is dented, threaten you with harm or death and run around to your passenger side door and try to break in your car with you in it. If you are stupid enough to walk into the store they will block your path and threaten you until you give them some cash. Myself and my co-workers have personally witnessed all of these incidents. We no longer go there because it has gotten worse lately with the Bums getting more violent. We were discussing just last week that it was a miracle that no one had shot one of the Bums yet and then it happened just a few days later. The Cincinnati Police are aware of the problem but choose to turn a blind eye. The local Coalition for the Homeless has really put the spin on this shooting in the press.They fight every attempt to restrict panhandling in this city.- Unquote.

She had NO RIGHT to shoot the victim. She should have done what the individual above did and stopped frequenting that business. I have to question why the police did not handle to homeless problem at this place.