Cincinnati police have arrested a man they say is a black-market gun dealer who put at least 45 handguns on the streets, including one used in the shooting a 2-year-old this summer.

        Investigators in the police division's new unit targeting illegal guns said Christopher Godby got women to buy guns for him legally at a suburban gun store. He then resold the weapons, they said, mostly in Over-the-Rhine and En glish Woods.

        He cannot buy guns himself because his extensive criminal record includes a drug-trafficking conviction. Mr. Godby, 23, of Normandy Avenue in Madisonville, faces up to 30 years in federal prison if convicted. He is charged with three counts of facilitating the unlawful purchase of a weapon.

        Among the guns police say he sold was the one used in the July 20 shooting in Over-the-Rhine of 2-year-old Devonte Ross. The boy was standing on Vine Street with his mother when he was caught in cross-fire. He has since recovered.

        The shooting, in the midst of Cincinnati's spring and summer of unprecedented violence, drew more attention because the victim was a toddler.

        “We do think this will have a major impact in Over-the-Rhine,” said Sgt. Jeff Hunt, one of the investigators.

        He and others worked the case for weeks. They said the arrest illustrates the police division's increased cooperation with the Cin cinnati office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

        Investigators think Mr. Godby also might have bought guns in other states and brought them to Cincinnati. They expect more arrests in the case, Sgt. Hunt said, and expect to link him to more guns as the weapons are recovered and traced.

        Mr. Godby tried to burn the serial numbers off the weapons, but the Hamilton County Coroner's Office was able to make some of the numbers legible enough for the ATF to trace.

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