A fatal shooting on May 20, 2026, stunned the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati. At about 9:18 PM officers responded to a report of a person shot in the 2400 block of May Street and found 40-year-old Eugene Walls with a critical gunshot wound. He was taken to University Hospital by the Cincinnati Fire Department but died of his injuries.

The Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit is handling the investigation. The community is being asked to come forward with any information that might help piece together what happened that night.

If anyone in Walnut Hills saw or heard anything around May Street on the evening of May 20, 2026, please share what you know with investigators.