Both Suspects in Toledo's Old West End Festival Mass Shooting Arrested After Week-Long Manhunt

Manhunt ends as both Toledo festival shooters are locked up

Thirteen days after gunfire tore through a packed neighborhood street festival, Toledo police confirmed Wednesday that both suspected gunmen are now in custody. Ka Nye Taylor, 20, was tracked down in Columbus — roughly 150 miles from the June 6 shooting scene — and arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service, Ohio State Highway Patrol, and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.kvue His co-defendant Eljay Crisp-Carr, also 20, had been taken into custody on June 11.kvue All 12 people wounded in the shooting are expected to survive.cbsnews

A crossfire that caught nine bystanders

The shooting erupted around 5:30 p.m. on June 6 near the intersection of Delaware and Glenwood avenues during Toledo's annual Old West End Festival, a beloved event held in one of the city's historic residential neighborhoods.cbsnews Toledo Police Chief Michael Troendle said a dispute between two rival groups ignited the violence: one person opened fire from the Beer Garden area of the festival while a member of the opposing group fired back.kvue Of the 12 people struck by gunfire, only three had any involvement in the dispute — the remaining nine were bystanders.kvue Police have recovered two firearms connected to the shooting, and a 17-year-old was separately arrested on a tampering-with-evidence charge after allegedly attempting to hide one of those guns.kvue The teenager was already on probation for carrying a concealed weapon at the time of the arrest.kvue

Charges, courts, and a judicial recusal

Both men face 11 counts of felonious assault.wtol Taylor was arraigned Thursday morning in Franklin County, where a judge set bond at $500,000 before he was extradited back to Lucas County and booked into the county jail; his initial Toledo hearing was scheduled for Friday, June 19.wtol His case is expected to continue June 23.wtol Crisp-Carr's proceedings took an unusual turn on June 18 when Judge Khoury recused herself, citing "a potential perceived conflict knowing one of the alleged victims."13abc Judge Keller replaced her and modified Crisp-Carr's bail to no bond; he is due back in court for a preliminary hearing June 22.13abc Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz had described Taylor as "hiding" in Columbus before the multi-agency task force closed in.kvue

Rewards and community pressure

The prolonged manhunt drew national attention and prompted both the U.S. Marshals Service and the local Crime Stoppers chapter to offer cash rewards for tips leading to Taylor's arrest.cbsnews The swift close of the investigation came after authorities in two Ohio cities coordinated across multiple agencies — a dynamic that Toledo officials credited with accelerating the capture.kvue With both suspects now held without the ability to easily post bail, prosecutors are expected to present the cases to a grand jury before formal indictments proceed.13abc