Attorneys retained by Bengals’ Mixon after shooting
911 call came from inside the home of the running back.
Defense attorneys Scott Croswell and Merlyn Shiverdecker are representing Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon after a Monday night shooting connected to his Anderson
Twp. home, the attorneys’ law firm confirmed.
Members from the law firm were at Mixon’s home on Ayers Road Wednesday afternoon. It is unclear whether Mixon was home during the shooting, which took place around 8:30 p.m. Monday.
The night of the shooting, a news crew on scene saw deputies enter Mixon’s home around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday with flashlights. Police tape was taken down from the property hours later. The shooting’s incident report said that shell casings were also found in the yard of the home.
A 911 call details several men and women running around the scene of the crime when one man pulled out a gun and ran toward the back of a house yelling. From there, several shots were heard. The 911 caller also said he was “at his athlete’s house.”
“You heard him running and running down there and you heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,” the 911 caller said. “Then, three other cars sped off.”
Some neighbors said they heard more than 10 gunshots.
In a letter to parents, Forest Hills School District confirmed the person injured went to Anderson High School. The incident report says the student was shot in the foot, and the school district said they’re OK and at home.
Tracey Schaeper, who lives down the road, said she believed the shooting was a result of ongoing “Nerf wars” between kids. Nerf wars include kids running around and shooting each other with Nerf blasters, which have darts made of foam.
“They were playing ‘Nerf wars’ and apparently went into one of the neighbors’ yards back here and that neighbor opened fire. That’s what we believe to be true,” she said.
According to investigators, no arrests have been made in the shooting. It is unclear if a homeowner in the area was responsible or if it was one of the juveniles.
“I understand if they were encroaching onto a neighbor’s yard, absolutely tell them to get out of the yard,” Schaeper said. “But to fire rounds in the dark at teenagers that are playing a game is very scary.”