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Middletown police and medics were called to the Trinity Place apartments in downtown Middletown about noon on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, for a reported gunshot victim. Police are continuing its investigation. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Middletown police and medics were called to the Trinity Place apartments in downtown Middletown about noon on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, for a reported gunshot victim. Police are continuing its investigation. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
Crime & Law
By Ed Richter
Dec 1, 2020
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Middletown police are investigating a shooting at a downtown apartment complex Tuesday afternoon.

Maj. Scott Reeve said police and other first responders were called about noon Tuesday to the Trinity Place Apartments on Columbia Avenue on a report of a man who had been shot.

Reeve said Sean Delano Reynolds, 29, told investigators that he had “woken up and was surprised to find he had been shot while he was sleeping.”

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Reeve said investigators found a bullet casing and blood in the residence that indicate Reynolds was shot in the residence.

Reynolds was transported to Atrium Medical Center for treatment, Reeve said.

Reeve said there was no other information available.

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Ed Richter has been a working journalist for 38 years, with the last 34 years working in various capacities covering Butler and Warren counties as a reporter and an editor. Richter covers local news and governments in Warren County focusing on Springboro, Lebanon, Franklin, Carlisle and Waynesville.