Newport Ppolice are currently responding to Levee Way in Newport, Kentucky, for reports of shots fired in the area. We have a crew on the scene working to gather more information. Police are investigating a reported shooting at Newport on the Levee Saturday evening, according to Campbell County police dispatchers. The Newport Police Department responded to the area around 7:30 p.m., dispatchers said. According to a Newport on the Levee spokesperson, the shooting was an isolated incident and police assured them that there is no ongoing threat to the Levee.
A Fort Thomas police officer said a portion of the Levee was closed and patrons were evacuated. Police have not said if there were victims or if there are any suspects in custody. FOX19 is at the scene working to learn more details and will update this report when more is available. In response to reports of shots being fired in the vicinity of Levee Way in Newport, Kentucky, the Newport Police Department is currently engaged in a response.
Additional information is being gathered by a team that is now present at the location. Campbell County police dispatchers have stated that an investigation is currently underway into a shooting that was claimed to have occurred in Newport on the Levee on Saturday evening.
According to the dispatchers, Officers from the Newport Police Department arrived at the scene at approximately 7:30 p.m. The shooting appears to have been an isolated incident, as stated by a spokesperson for Newport on the Levee, and the police have assured them that there is no ongoing threat to the Levee. One of the officers from the Fort Thomas Police Department stated that a section of the Levee was closed, and customers were evacuated. Neither the number of victims nor the number of suspects who are currently in jail have been disclosed by the police.
Here at the scene, FOX19 is working to gather additional information and will update this report as soon as more information becomes available. In accordance with the information provided by the dispatchers, officers from the Newport Police Department arrived at the location at approximately 7:30 p.m. According to a spokesman for Newport on the Levee, the gunshot looks to have been an isolated occurrence. The police have convinced them that there is no ongoing threat to the Levee, and the spokeswoman stated that the shooting was an isolated incident.
It was reported by one of the officers from the Fort Thomas Police Department that a portion of the Levee was shut down, and customers were instructed to vacate their stores.
The police have not specified either the number of victims or the number of suspects who are currently being held in custody at this time. FOX19 is currently attempting to obtain additional information at the site, and they will update this report as soon as they get more information available to them.
