By Jim Hannah
The Cincinnati Enquirer

A second man has died after a shootout on the streets of Over-the-Rhine Thursday evening.

The double homicide, which police say could be revenge for a Wednesday shooting, occurred shortly before 8:30 p.m. outside 1811 Elm St. near Findlay Market.

Ricardo Williams, 26, of 1000 block of Ross Street in Price Hill, died about six hours later at University Hospital, Cincinnati Police said.

Yohance Powers, 29, of the 3400 block of McHenry Avenue in Westwood was pronounced dead at the scene.

The third man shot, Brian Dowell, 22, remained in stable condition Friday afternoon at University Hospital.

"I felt like I was living in Iraq last night," said Danell Pack, 45, who lives across the street from the crime scene. "I had the war outside my door, not just on TV. We feel like prisoners in our own home."

Pack said she saw the suspects and victims calmly talking on a corner before shots rang out Thursday. She thinks the shooting was connected to drug dealing.

"What good is a boycott if we are sitting up here killing each other," Pack said.

Police are looking for at least two men, one of them armed with a 9 mm handgun. They left the scene in a green station wagon.

The armed man was described as black, about 20, 5-foot-1 to 5-foot-3 with a thin build, wearing a light brown hat and an orange pullover. The second man was black, heavy-set and wore a short-sleeve shirt with horizontal stripes and jeans.

Hamilton County Municipal Court records indicate Powers' wife, Katrina Powers, had filed a domestic violence complaint against her husband the same day he was killed. Katrina Powers told authorities that Yohance Powers tried to choke her.

.Williams was convicted of two minor misdemeanor drug abuse charges in 2000, according to court records.

On Wednesday, Maurice Ladden was shot in the head with a handgun. He was in critical condition Friday.

Police are looking for Jeffrey A. Pitts, 21, of the 1900 block of Wyoming Avenue in West Price Hill in connection with Wednesday's shooting.

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