Public Safety

18-year-old killed in apparent accidental shooting in Cincinnati's North Fairmount neighborhood

Cincinnati • November 3, 2026 • By Press Pass USA

Editorial illustration: a quiet residential street in Cincinnati at night with police lights in the distance and yellow crime-scene tape across the sidewalk

Editorial illustration — Press Pass USA

Emirah Overstreet, 18, was found with a gunshot wound in the 2600 block of Beekman Street around 1 a.m. Tuesday and died at the scene, Cincinnati police said. Police told Fox19 the shooting appeared to be accidental; the coroner's office has listed the death as an apparent homicide and the investigation is ongoing.

Officers were called around 1 a.m. Tuesday to the 2600 block of Beekman Street, near Baltimore Avenue, for a reported shooting, Cincinnati police said in a news release. When they arrived, they found Overstreet with a gunshot wound. First responders determined she had died at the scene.

Police told the Enquirer's media partner, Fox19, that the shooting appeared to be accidental. At the same time, the Hamilton County Coroner's Office has listed the circumstances of her death as an apparent homicide — the coroner's classification of how the death occurred, not a finding about anyone's intent. Police have not announced an arrest, and no further details about what led to the shooting have been released.

The investigation is ongoing. Police urged anyone with information to contact the Cincinnati Police Department's homicide unit at 513-352-3542.

Sources: The Cincinnati Enquirer, "Police ID 18-year-old woman killed in apparent accidental shooting" (Nov. 3, 2026); Fox19/WXIX, as reported by the Enquirer (police account that the shooting appeared accidental).