New Albany mass shooting leaves multiple people injured in manufacturing plant

Multiple people have been injured in a shooting at an Ohio manufacturing warehouse late Tuesday night. 

New Albany Police responded to an active shooter situation at KDC/One just before 11 pm, an alert on their website reads.

Initial reports of the ‘active shooter’ incident surfaced around 10:30 pm on Tuesday night. 

Residents are instructed to ‘avoid the area’ as the suspect, or suspects, remain unknown.

In an update posted by the NAPD at 1:26 am, police claim they ‘are finishing evacuating employees from the building’ and that ‘the suspect is no longer believed to be in the area.’

‘At least five people have been rushed to area hospitals,’ NBC4 Columbus reporter, Kyle Beachy wrote on X.

Police urge anyone who can assist in the investigation to call NAPD at 614-855-1234.

‘The KDC/One Columbus facility is one of the foundational members of the KDC/One network and a significant producer of specialty and personal care products,’ according to the company’s LinkedIn page. 

The facility is just one of 24 manufactures located in the New Albany Beauty Park and has produced over 1.5 billion units in over 3,000 different SKUs since its opening in 2012.

New Albany Police said they are responding to ‘an active shooter situation’ at the KDC/One cosmetics building in an update posted to their website

'The KDC/One Columbus facility is one of the foundational members of the KDC/One network and a significant producer of specialty and personal care products,' according to the company's LinkedIn page. Pictured: KDC/One in New Albany, Ohio

‘The KDC/One Columbus facility is one of the foundational members of the KDC/One network and a significant producer of specialty and personal care products,’ according to the company’s LinkedIn page. Pictured: KDC/One in New Albany, Ohio

This incident comes less than 24 hours after one person was shot dead in Hamilton – 118 miles from New Albany – during the early hours of Tuesday, The Independent reported. 

Hamilton police said they were alerted of shots being fired on Clovernook Drive at around 5:45 am.

The shooting took place following an ‘altercation’ between two people that ended with one person being killed, police added.

This story is developing 

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