Gun recovered near Cincinnati high school football stadium

An investigation is underway after the weapon was found near Stargel Stadium

Gary Adornato | Sep 19, 2024

An investigation is underway after a gun was found near Cincinnati's Stargel Stadium at Taft High School in the West End, on Wednesday. / James Weber/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

One week after a shooting near Cincinnati's Stargel Stadium resulted in the Shroder Paideia Academy vs. Batavia high school football game being moved to a different day and location, investigators found a gun near the stadium on Wednesday afternoon.

“Today, Cincinnati Public Schools cooperated with a Cincinnati Police Department search and investigation at Stargel Stadium. A weapon was found as a result of the search,” the district said in a statement to FOX19 NOW.

“If the investigation determines a student is responsible for the gun, CPS Code of Conduct discipline will be issued, including suspension and expulsion and may also include criminal charges.”

The stadium is directly across the street from Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School in the West End. It serves as the home field for Shroder and other local schools.

Published Sep 19, 2024

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.