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A TV station in Ohio is below strain to fireside its chief meteorologist after his household was concerned in an alleged assault that left a number of individuals injured, together with an aged couple.
The incident caught on video circulated on social media prompting WCPO Vice President and Normal Supervisor Jeff Brogan to launch a press release confirming {that a} member of the family of the well-known Cincinnati weatherman, Steve Raleigh, was concerned.
“We’re conscious of the incident involving Steve Raleigh’s household,” Brogan wrote within the assertion posted to Fb on Friday. “It’s nonetheless below investigation, and presently no prices have been filed towards anybody.”
He added: “Steve shared his facet of the incident with our management. His account is in keeping with the police report, which doesn’t identify him, and with what we have now reviewed on video. The video doesn’t present the incident from begin to end. We are going to proceed to observe official findings.”
The incident occurred on June 22 after a minor automotive crash on the Montgomery Inn Boathouse on Riverside Drive, in keeping with the crash report.
Raleigh’s member of the family was driving a black Cadillac Escalade within the Boathouse car parking zone when he hit a white Ford F-150 after failing to yield to oncoming visitors, in keeping with the report seen by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
A struggle broke out and the punches had been thrown. A sufferer was knocked to the bottom and two different individuals stepped in and had been additionally injured. One sufferer was bleeding from the pinnacle.
Video of the assault was posted on Fb by Stacie Morrow-Stickrod, who claims to be the daughter of the victims.
The individual filming might be heard pleading, “please, she’s bleeding. She’s bleeding” as two persons are proven mendacity on the bottom and arguing is heard within the background.
Names of the 2 suspects and 5 victims on the incident report have been redacted, The Enquirer reported. Police haven’t made any arrests,
Raleigh, who has been the chief meteorologist at WCPO since 2005, has not been on-air for the early night newscast Friday, WVXU reported. WCPO has not mentioned whether or not or not Raleigh will proceed his regular newscast schedule through the investigation.
