Multiple casualties have been reported following a mass shooting at an Ohio manufacturing warehouse.
New Albany Police responded to an active shooter at KDC/One on the 8800 block of Smith Mill Road North just before 11pm late Tuesday night.
At least five people have been rushed to local hospitals, according to Fox. The conditions of the victims have not been released.
In an update posted by the NAPD at 1:26am, police said they had finished evacuating employees from the building.
At least 20 people were taken from one building at the scene to another.
The suspect has been identified and is still at large, according to police.
An update advised ‘the suspect is no longer believed to be in the area’.
Residents are instructed to ‘avoid the area’ as cops hunt the suspect. An investigation is underway at the scene.
The KDC/One facility manufactures cosmetics for LBrands stores, according to the New Albany Chamber of Commerce website.
New Albany Police said they are responding to ‘an active shooter situation’ at the KDC/One cosmetics building in an update posted to their website
‘The KDC/One Columbus facility is one of the foundational members of the KDC/One network and a significant producer of specialty and personal care products,’ according to the company’s LinkedIn page. Pictured: KDC/One in New Albany, Ohio
The site is just one of 24 manufactures located in the New Albany Beauty Park and has produced over 1.5 billion units in over 3,000 different SKUs since its opening in 2012.
Police urge anyone who can assist in the investigation to call NAPD at 614-855-1234.
This incident comes less than 24 hours after one person was shot dead in Hamilton – 118 miles from New Albany – during the early hours of Tuesday, The Independent reported.
Hamilton police said they were alerted of shots being fired on Clovernook Drive at around 5:45 am.
The shooting took place following an ‘altercation’ between two people that ended with one person being killed, police added.