Cincinnati residents on edge after viral beatdown sparks crime concerns: 'What's gonna happen next?'

Cincinnati residents say that the viral July 26 downtown beatdown that gripped the nation does not define their city, though some say violent crime is an issue. 

"I don't think it's accurate," Josh Pels, a downtown bartender, told Fox News Digital. "I would say the crime and violent crime in particular has gone up, I would say, over the course of the last six months for sure. [The Over-the-Rhine area] usually has it worse than we have it down here, but there's definitely been an uptick in violent crime."

In the video, a group of people can be seen pummeling two victims, one of whom ended up with "very bad brain trauma." The incident occurred in the early morning hours of July 26 on the corner of Fourth and Elm Street, outside a popular nightclub. 

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Another angle of the fight shows a victim being beaten in the middle of the street and yelling racial slurs. Some claim the male victim slapped one of the perpetrators before the fight, sparking the beatdown. 

Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge said in a Friday press conference that there are a total of six victims. Six people have been charged with crimes, and four have been arrested. The city's fugitive task force is searching for the two suspects who are still at large. 

Corey Mitchell is also a Cincinnati resident. He said the city doesn't typically have problems like the brawl. 

"So that was just an action-reaction type of thing," he said. "That ain't no big deal. They could put it up in the news and seem like it's a prejudiced place or something like that. But that's just an action and a reaction that happened, and disagreements. That was about it."

Robert Brown, a life-long resident, agreed. He said Cincinnati has "probably less fights than other cities," and that social media amplified the beating to a level that put the city in the spotlight. 

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He also said that while brutal, the victim who he said slapped a man in the crowd and kicked off the beatdown, should have expected repercussions. 

"Well, I mean … all the extra stuff after the smack really wasn't warranted," he said, adding that the perpetrators "may have took it too far." 

"At the same time, he still shouldn't have smacked him. You know what I mean? You know, to start the whole situation off, so, you put your hands on somebody, you're going to be ready for the repercussions," said Brown. 

A fourth resident described her immediate reaction after seeing the fight. 

"I was in shock by what I saw," said Shirley Blair. "I was busy surfing through the internet, making calls, trying to figure out there's gotta be a backstory behind this. And apparently there were other things that happened leading up to that."

Blair said she hopes the brawl doesn't spiral into something even more serious. 

"And in the back of my mind I wonder, okay, what's gonna happen next? Can we sit down and talk about the situation? Is it gonna spring into something else?" 

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Local police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are still sorting out all the actions leading up to the fight. 

In a Friday press conference, Mayor Aftab Pureval warned that everyone seen fighting will face consequences, vowing "further investigation, further charges and further arrests for every single person involved." 

Montianez Merriweather, 34, and Dekyra Vernon, 24, were arrested Tuesday night. Both face felonious assault, aggravated riot and assault charges. Merriweather is being held on a $500,000 bond, while Vernon is being held on a $200,000 bond. They remain in jail as of Monday morning. 

Jermaine Matthews, 39, was released from Hamilton County Jail on Friday after paying a combined $270,000 bond. He was hit with five charges stemming from the beatdown, two counts of assault, two counts of felony assault and aggravated riot for his alleged participation in the brutal brawl. 

A fourth suspect was arrested on Friday night. 

Dominique Kittle faces charges of aggravated riot and misdemeanor assault. He is being held on a $150,000 bond. His attorney said he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. 

Fox News' Rachel Wolf contributed to this report. 

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Fugitive dad wanted for alleged triple murder possibly spotted as massive police response ends empty-handed

Washington authorities launched a large-scale search for the missing survivalist father wanted for his alleged connection to the murders of his three daughters after receiving a tip reporting a potential sighting of the man. 

The King County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a possible sighting of Travis Decker near Washington’s Snoqualmie Pass and Pacific Crest Trail, located approximately 55 miles from Seattle, FOX 13 reported. 

A community member reportedly called authorities at around 6 p.m. on Friday to report the possible sighting. Police then deployed a large number of deputies, along with TAC-30, and K-9 units in response to the report, according to FOX 13. Neighboring agencies were also reportedly notified. 

Approximately three hours later, authorities called off the search without locating Decker. 

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The update comes after the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office, which initiated the search for Decker, previously announced the department is scaling back its manhunt efforts in response to a decrease in tips from community members. 

Last month, a tipster called in a potential sighting of Decker while visiting Idaho’s Sawtooth Forest. However, the tip proved to be a false alarm after authorities located the man thought to be Decker. 

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The 33-year-old father has been missing for over two months after the bodies of his three daughters – Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5, – were found at Rock Island Campground on June 2. 

The girls’ mother had reported them missing three days earlier after they did not return home following a court-mandated custody visit with their father. Days later, the girls’ bodies were found just steps away from Decker’s abandoned pickup truck with their hands bound and plastic bags over their heads

Decker, a military-trained survivalist and former member of the U.S. Army, was nowhere to be found, sparking an expansive manhunt by numerous local, state and federal agencies – including the U.S. Marshals Service and Border Patrol’s Tactical Unit.

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Authorities warn that Decker should be considered armed and dangerous but insist they have no reason to believe he is a threat to public safety. He is charged with three counts of aggravated first-degree murder and kidnapping.

The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $20,000 reward for any information leading to Decker’s arrest.

The King County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

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Dr. Oz touts investment in Medicaid: 'I'm trying to save this beautiful program'

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz says the Trump administration plans to invest more than $200 billion "more dollars" into Medicaid following the passage of the "One Big Beautiful Bill." 

"I'm trying to save this beautiful program, this noble effort, to help folks, giving them a hand up," Oz told CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday.

"And as you probably gather, if Medicaid isn't able to take care of the people for whom it was designed, the young children, the dawn of their life, those who are twilight of their lives, the seniors, and those who were disabled living in the shadows, as Hubert Humphrey said, then we're not satisfying the fundamental obligation of a moral government," he continued. 

Oz, the 17th administrator for CMS, said the government wants "an appropriate return" on the Medicaid investment. He addressed the difference in drug costs between the U.S. and Europe, adding that work is being done by the administration in an attempt to bring drug prices down.  

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Last week, the Trump administration announced it is launching a new program that will allow Americans to share personal health data and medical records across health systems and apps run by private tech companies, promising that this will make it easier to access health records and monitor wellness.

CMS will be in charge of maintaining the system, and officials have said patients will need to opt in for the sharing of their medical records and data, which will be kept secure.

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Those officials said patients will benefit from a system that lets them quickly call up their own records without the hallmark difficulties, such as requiring the use of fax machines to share documents, that have prevented them from doing so in the past.

"We're going to have remarkable advances in how consumers can use their own records," Oz said during the White House event.

CMS already has troves of information on more than 140 million Americans who enroll in Medicare and Medicaid. Earlier this month, the federal agency agreed to hand over its massive database, including home addresses, to deportation officials.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Legendary NFL head coach Marv Levy turns 100

The Buffalo Bills legends wished former head coach Marv Levy a very happy birthday as he turned 100 years old on Sunday.

Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas was among those to wish Levy a happy birthday during the ceremonies in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday. He also offered his voice to a larger video the organization put out to mark the occasion on Sunday.

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Thomas joined Jim Kelly, Steve Tasker and Andre Reed in the well wishes.

"Just wanted to wish you a happy 100th birthday," Thomas said. "… Love you, coach."

"Wow, I cannot believe it. Happy 100th birthday," Kelly said. "… We are so blessed you're still with us. You are the reason that we are who we are and we're wearing our gold jackets."

"Happy 100th birthday, Marv," Reed added. "Not only were you my coach, I consider you a mentor, a great man. To make it to 100, you've been doing some great things.… Will there ever be another Marv? I don't think so. Happy birthday, Marv, 100."

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"Marv, I can't tell you how much you've meant to me in my life," Tasker said. "How much you've meant to the guys I played with, the teams you coached, the men that you made, the men that you mentored.… Happy 100th birthday and I’ll be there when you’re 200, too."

More tributes were posted on social media.

Levy’s first coaching job was at St. Louis County Day School in Missouri in 1951. He broke into the NFL as a kickers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1969 and moved his way through the ranks. He got his first NFL head coaching gig with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1978. He was the head coach of the Chicago Blitz in the United States Football League in 1984.

Two years later, he joined the Bills and was their head coach from 1986 to 1997. In that span, the Bills suffered some bad luck when they lost four Super Bowls in a row.

He was 112-70 at the helm of the Bills and 31-42 with the Chiefs.

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Rockies complete miraculous comeback victory after trailing Pirates by nine runs twice

The Colorado Rockies and Pittsburgh Pirates played the wildest game of the season on Friday at Coors Field. 

The Rockies, after being down 9-0 after the top of the first inning, came back to walk the Pirates off, 17-16.

The Pirates' lineup teed off on the Rockies' starting pitcher, Antonio Senzatela, as they scored eight runs on him while only recording two outs. Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz delivered the big blow, as he hit a grand slam to make it 5-0. 

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Rockies relief pitcher Carson Palmquist relieved Senzatela and gave up a three-run home run to Andrew McCutchen on the first batter he saw, to make it 9–0 Pirates after the top of the first inning.

However, the Rockies started to chip away, as they scored one run in the first inning and three runs in the third inning to make it 9-4. The Pirates padded their lead in the top of the fourth inning with three runs to make it 12-4. 

But the Rockies refused to go away, as they scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to make it 12-6. The Pirates scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning to make it 15-6, but the Rockies responded with another four runs of their own to make it 15-10 in the bottom of the fifth inning. 

The Pirates tacked on one more run in the top of the sixth inning to make it 16-10. The score held there until the bottom of the eighth inning when the Rockies scored two runs to cut it to 16-12.

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The Rockies began their ninth-inning comeback when catcher Hunter Goodman hit a solo home run off of Pirates’ relief pitcher Dennis Santana to make it 16-13. Left fielder Jordan Beck followed Goodman’s home run with a walk. 

Rockies first baseman Warming Bernabel hit a triple, scoring Beck to cut the lead to 16-14. Second baseman Thairo Estrada singled after Bernabel’s triple to score him to make it 16-15. 

With Estrada as the tying run on base, center fielder Brenton Doyle cranked a two-run home run to make it 17-16 and walk the Pirates off.

"Honestly, pretty speechless," Doyle told reporters after the game. "It's hard to put into words. Just so proud of everyone in this clubhouse, never giving up. Man, what a win."

According to Elias Sports Bureau and MLB.com, the Rockies were the first team to win after giving up nine runs in the first inning since the then Cleveland Indians did it in a 15-13, 10-inning triumph over the Kansas City Royals in 2006. Cleveland trailed that game 10-1 after one inning.

The three other occasions in which a team won a game after allowing at least nine runs in the first inning came way back in 1884, 1896 and 1913.

"Getting down nine in the first, it’s tough to come back from, but we kept the energy high," Doyle said. "We kept the fight in us. Oh my God, what a game."

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell moved to new prison amid fight over answers, immunity

The former girlfriend and convicted accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein is now at a new prison facility, Fox News Digital has learned. 

Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred from a federal prison facility in Tallahassee, Florida, to the Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Bryan, Texas, her attorney confirmed to Fox News Digital. 

Neither the Bureau of Prisons nor Maxwell’s attorney provided an explanation for the move. 

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The update comes one week after Maxwell met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche at a Florida courthouse to answer questions regarding her involvement in Epstein’s years of sex crimes, in which Maxwell helped procure underage girls for the disgraced financier to abuse. 

The meeting came just days after the House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena asking Maxwell to testify in front of lawmakers regarding Epstein’s crimes. Maxwell’s legal team has since asserted she would consider testifying if granted immunity – a demand the panel swiftly rejected. 

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"She welcomes the opportunity to share the truth and to dispel the many misconceptions and misstatements that have plagued this case from the beginning," her lawyers previously said.

Separately, Maxwell’s attorneys filed a brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to hear her appeal of her 2021 conviction, saying that she should have been included in Epstein's non-prosecution agreement. The court is set to discuss taking the case at a private conference on Sept. 29. 

Maxwell has reemerged in national headlines as conversations regarding the scope of Epstein’s crimes have heated up as the Department of Justice looks to unseal court records containing grand jury testimony from both Epstein and Maxwell’s cases. 

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Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence for her role in procuring underage girls for Epstein. She recently appealed to President Donald Trump to pardon her sentence – a possibility Trump has previously said is within his right to consider, but he has not been asked to do so yet. 

However, a senior administration official told Fox News Digital that "no leniency is being given or discussed."

"That’s just false. The President himself has said that clemency for Maxwell is not something he is even thinking about at this time."

Maxwell is scheduled to testify in front of the committee on Aug. 11. 

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Trump repositions 2 nuclear submarines after 'highly provocative' Russian comments

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has "ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions" following "highly provocative statements" made by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. 

Medvedev said earlier this week that Trump's new deadline for Russia to end the conflict with Ukraine is an additional "step towards war."

"Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. 

"Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances," he added. 

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There was no immediate response to Trump's comments from Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond Friday to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Medvedev, now the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, cautioned that Trump’s announcement Monday that Russia must end the conflict with Ukraine in 10 to 12 days would not end well for the U.S.  

"Trump's playing the ultimatum game with Russia: 50 days or 10… He should remember 2 things: 1. Russia isn't Israel or even Iran. 2. Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country," Medvedev said in a post on X on Monday. "Don't go down the Sleepy Joe road!" 

While Trump announced on July 14 that he would sign off on "severe tariffs" against Russia if Moscow failed to agree to a peace deal within 50 days, Trump said Monday that waiting that period of time was futile amid stalled negotiations.  

"I’m going to make a new deadline, of about 10 — 10 or 12 days from today," Trump told reporters from Scotland. "There’s no reason for waiting. It was 50 days. I wanted to be generous, but we just don’t see any progress being made." 

Trump’s remarks come as his frustration with Putin has grown in recent weeks amid no progress toward peace between Russia and Ukraine, and just a day after Russia launched more than 300 drones, four cruise missiles and three ballistic missiles into Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian air force. 

Trump also wrote on Truth Social Friday that "I have just been informed that almost 20,000 Russian soldiers died this month in the ridiculous War with Ukraine. 

"Russia has lost 112,500 soldiers since the beginning of the year. That is a lot of unnecessary DEATH! Ukraine, however, has also suffered greatly. They have lost approximately 8,000 soldiers since January 1, 2025, and that number does not include their missing," the president added. "Ukraine has also lost civilians, but in smaller numbers, as Russian rockets crash into Kyiv, and other Ukrainian locales. This is a War that should have never happened — This is Biden’s War, not ‘TRUMP’s.’ I’m just here to see if I can stop it!" 

Fox News' Diana Stancy contributed to this report. 

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