ONE YEAR AGO: MASS SHOOTING SEVEN VICTIMS NEW YEAR EVES NIGHT AT HUNTINGTON BAR

(01/02/2021)
UPDATE 1/2/2020 8 PM - A man from Detroit is wanted in connection with a New Year's Day bar shooting that injured seven people, Huntington Police say. Kymonie Desean Davis, 30, of Detroit, Michigan, has been charged with seven counts of wanton endangerment and one count of malicious wounding. Investigators say he also has active warrants locally for burglary and domestic battery and is wanted for fraud in Illinois with no extradition.

The shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday at Kulture Hookah Bar in the 1100 block of 4th Avenue.

Police said two of the seven victims are in critical condition.

Mayor Steve Williams has released a statement following a mass shooting at a Huntington bar early Wednesday morning, New Years Eve night, about 1:30 a.m.

Seven victims were taken to the hospital either via personal vehicles or EMS. No fatalities have been reported, but the conditions of two victims critical.

"Any incident of this nature in the downtown or in any of our neighborhoods is unacceptable and will not be tolerated," Mayor Williams said.

The shooting happened at Kulture Hookah Bar in the 1100 block of 4th Avenue. Police say the victims were both inside and outside the bar.

No arrests have been made.

Interim Police Chief Ray Cornwell says some of the injuries are serious.