The Truth Staff
The day after Toledoans gathered at the Peace & Healing Commons to commemorate National Gun Violence Awareness Day – Friday, June 5 – other Toledoans blatantly ignored such admonitions and used their guns to shoot 12 people who were trying to enjoy the first festival of the summer season.
The Old West End Festival, a 53-year-old celebration of community, history and Victorian-era homes, began on Saturday with a parade showcasing music, vintage cars and, as always, a king and queen.
The festival ended at about 5:30 as gunshots rang out in the area of Delaware and Glenwood and, as the damage showed later, 12 individual victims were struck. A number of victims were hit near the gazebo in the Agnes Reynolds Jackson Arboretum at Delaware and Robinwood.
The victims ranged in ages from 14 to 61 with the average age of the wounded being in the 20’s. There were no fatalities but two of the victims were reported to be critically injured.
