Police arrest another suspect at a Ohio festival shooting that wounded
12
[June 18, 2026]
By PATRICK AFTOORA-ORSAGOS
COLUMBUS,
Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio have arrested a second suspect in a shooting
that wounded 12 people at a crowded neighborhood street festival on June
6.
Ka Nye
Taylor, 20, was arrested Wednesday in Columbus, according to the Toledo
Police Department. The law enforcement agency said members of the U.S.
Marshals Service, Ohio State Highway Patrol and Franklin County
Sheriff’s Office assisted in the arrest. |
Police investigate where multiple people were shot at a community
festival at Agnes Reynolds Jackson Arboretum Saturday, June 6, 2026, in
Toledo, Ohio. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) |
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Taylor will be transported to Toledo, where he will face
prosecution on 11 counts of felonious assault, according to the
department. Court documents do not list an attorney for him.
Phone numbers for Taylor or his family members were not
available or found in online directories. A message left with a
Facebook profile that appears to be Taylor was not immediately
responded to.
The other suspect, Eljay Crisp-Carr, 20, was taken into custody
on June 11, and also charged with 11 counts of felonious
assault. Court documents also do not list an attorney for him.
The gunfire broke out Saturday during the Old West End Festival
in Toledo at a park filled with tents, music and food trucks in
a neighborhood dotted with Victorian homes. Police said a fight
between rival groups apparently escalated and two people shot at
each other, although they were not among the wounded.
In a criminal complaint filed in Toledo Municipal Court, there's
a description of a video showing Taylor firing a gun into a
crowd of people during an altercation at the festival. The
officer says Taylor is shown firing toward another man who is
also shooting.
According to the report, Toledo police used video and NORIS data
to identify Taylor, who was interviewed at the scene of the
shooting. An eyewitness also identified Taylor.
In a criminal complaint filed in the same court under charges
against Crisp-Carr, a detective described video showing him
firing indiscriminately into the crowd.
Toledo police used witness statements, social media and law
enforcement photos to identify Crisp-Carr, according to the
court filing.
Hundreds of people were attending the annual festival in a
historic district of Toledo, a city on the western edge of Lake
Erie about 55 miles (90 kilometers) southwest of Detroit.
Organizers canceled the event’s second day because of the
shooting.
The violence sent terrified bystanders fleeing while others
rushed to help the injured alongside medics and police. The
people who were wounded ranged from teenagers to a person in
their 60s.
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