CINCINNATI (AP) – The father of a man hospitalized in critical condition with gunshot wounds after a Cincinnati nightclub shooting says he was elated to learn that police were charging two suspects – and then devastated to find out his son was one of them.
A man was fatally shot and 16 other people were hurt when a dispute escalated into the gunbattle at the Cameo club early Sunday. Police have arrested two men on murder charges and say more arrests are possible.
Suspect Cornell Beckley, 27, appeared in court Friday with a bandage on his forehead. A judge set bond at $1.7 million, saying the total represented $100,000 for each person injured when the gunfire broke out. A message was left Friday for Beckley’s attorney.
He was arrested Thursday in Colerain Township, just west of Cincinnati. The police complaint states that Beckley and his co-defendant “were engaged in a gun battle” that resulted in the death of 27-year-old O’Bryan Spikes. Authorities said Spikes died of a gunshot to the chest.
The hospitalized suspect, Deondre Davis, 29, has been unresponsive and on a ventilator, said his father, Jackie Davis, who called the allegations mind-blowing.