Olivia Kurtz Wiki - Olivia Kurtz Biography
Olivia Kurtz was transported to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 1:06 a.m., police said. Three females and two males, ranging in age from 16-19, were wounded. The shooting victims were transported to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and Nationwide Children's Hospital.
A 16-year-old male transported to OSU Wexner underwent surgery and is reported in stable condition. A 15-year-old girl, two 19-year-old women and a 19-year-old man who were shot were all expected to recover from their injuries, police said.
Two other young people received hospital treatment for non-gunshot injuries as they were attempting to flee from the area. Dozens of small cones marking bullet casings and evidence covered the stage, steps and the surrounding grass areas Sunday morning. A police K9 dog also was at the scene scouring for evidence.
Olivia Kurtz Age
Olivia Kurtz was 16 years old.
Cause of Death - Shot Dead
Police said there was no scheduled event at the park, but that the shooting occurred during "a private event that was promoted on social media."
Numerous red party cups could be seen Sunday scattered on the steps around the amphitheater, apparently abandoned by people fleeing the gunfire. At least one park bench in front of the amphitheater appeared to have been knocked over.
A young girl died early Sunday morning and seven people were injured by gunfire in a park in Columbus, Ohio. Police responded to Bicentennial Park just before midnight and found “many victims” who were shot and injured, according to the Columbus Police Department.
16-year-old Olivia Kurtz was hospitalized and announced that she died around 1:00 pm. Multiple people were shot just before midnight Saturday at Bicentennial Park. A 16-year-old boy, a 15-year-old girl, two 19-year-old women, and a 19-year-old man were also shot, but is expected to recover.
While trying to flee the scene, two other victims were also injured, but not shot, according to officials. Police said the meeting was “a special event promoted on social media”. No arrests have been made yet.
Anyone with knowledge of the conflict is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Division at 614-645-4730 or the Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.
Rick Richards, who lives in the Miranova condominiums across West Main Street facing Bicentennial Park, said he and his wife started hearing music playing at the amphitheater around 9:30 p.m.
"The music was getting louder and louder," Richards said, and by about 10 p.m. he and his wife and some neighbors began calling the Columbus police nonemergency line about the noise. "By about 10 p.m., more and more (young people) are coming, and scooters are going in and out of the park and cars are stopping on the street and it's very loud," Richards said.
"The longer this goes on, the louder it gets, the more people are there," Richards said. "The kids are on social media and see something going on and it feeds more and more people."Richards said he and/or his wife called the police nonemergency number again about 10:30 p.m. and again a little after 11 p.m.
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"No one's coming," Richards said of police. "The response early on is there's a shift change and it's not a priority call," he said, but the dispatcher did say they were putting it on the call list. Unable to sleep because of the vibrating bass from the music, Richard said he went onto his condo balcony and looked over at the large crowd of people at the park. He said he was on the balcony for only a few minutes and considering calling the police again when gunfire broke out.
"All at once I hear, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop," Richards recalled. "People just started scattering like crazy."This time, Richards called the 911 emergency line to report a shooting. A dispatcher answered right away, he said, and while he was still on the phone with the dispatcher, a wave of police and medics were responding at the park.
Richards said he believes police might have broken up the park event and the shooting not have occurred if they had responded sooner to the nonemergency calls about crowd and noise.
"Had someone (from police) come at 10 a.m., instead of letting it go on past 10:30 or 11 o'clock, they could have shut it down with one or two cruisers," he said.
"Disappointment doesn't speak well when someone is dead," Richards said of the police response. "I don't know what the priorities are.... I think this was absolutely avoidable."
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