LINCOLN HEIGHTS - A 911 call placed around 11 p.m. Saturday led to a shootout between police and a man in the front yard of a home on Chicago Avenue. The man, now suspected of three killings at the home, fled in a police cruiser and was still at large early today.

        Here is an account according to Lincoln Heights Police Chief Ernie McCowen:

        A Lincoln Heights officer responding to the 911 call - it was not known who placed the call or why - was confronted by a man at 867 Chicago Ave.

        The man shot at the officer, who returned fire and took cover. The man stole the officer's car, left running in front of the home. The cruiser was later recovered on Short Street, two blocks away.

        After police entered the one-story brick ranch, they found two people shot to death and another wounded. That person was transported by ambulance to University Hospital, where he died.

        At about 2 a.m., police were called to Medosh Avenue - about four blocks away from the Chicago Avenue home - to a report of a stolen 1998 white Honda Accord. Police believe the suspect stole the Accord after abandoning the cruiser.

        Police did not release the identity of the three dead or the suspect.

        Police described the suspect as a black man and in his 30s.

        Police did not release the name of the officer in the shootout. He who was not injured and has been placed on administrative leave.

        Law enforcement officials from Lincoln Heights, Arlington Heights, Blue Ash, Evendale, Cincinnati and Hamilton County responded to the scene.

        Henry Knight of 10090 Douglas St., who lives around the corner from the house at 867 Chicago Ave., said he came home at 12:30 a.m. after a 10-hour shift. When he arrived, Lincoln Heights officers instructed him to leave the area for at least two hours and to call police before returning.

        “This is the first time something like this has happened around here,” Mr. Knight said as he waited for permission to enter his home. “It's usually quiet. I'm a veteran of Desert Storm, and now I feel like I'm back in a combat zone.”

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