A homicide investigation is underway after a 19-year-old was shot in Westwood on Sunday afternoon.

Officers were dispatched at approximately 4:50 p.m. to the 2700 block of Erlene Drive to receive a report of a shooting, police said.

Upon arrival, the Cincinnati Fire Department found an 18-year-old with a gunshot wound and transported him to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, according to Sgt. Frank Beavers of the Cincinnati Homicide Unit.

Sergeant Beavers says that around the same time, a 19-year-old victim with a gunshot wound showed up at the UC Medical Center in a private vehicle.

The 19-year-old victim was later pronounced dead, Beavers said.

Cincinnati police are investigating the fatal shooting.

If anyone has information, please call the Homicide Unit at 513-352-3542.

Enquirer Media Partner Fox19 provided this report

This article originally appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer: 19-year-old killed in Westwood shooting

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