By Jim Hannah
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Canady

The manhunt continued Saturday night for the men responsible for killing a South Fairmount man after tying up people in his house, then kidnapping and robbing him.

Timothy Canady, 22, was attacked early Saturday morning in his Grand Avenue home by three men wearing black. Authorities said the intruders tied up everyone in the home, then held his head under water while demanding information.

After several hours, about 6:30 a.m, the men ordered Mr. Canady to his 1980s green Chevrolet Suburban.

Robert Lay, 32, who lives next door to Mr. Canady, said he heard loud gunshots at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday.

"It isn't unusual to hear gunshots in this neighborhood," he said, "but these shots were louder than normal. It spooked my family."

At 2 p.m. Saturday, police were still at Mr. Canady's address, a run-down, two-story frame home.

The front door appeared to have been broken in and a baby stroller and a box of baby wipes sat on the front porch.

Cincinnati Police would not say how many people were in the home besides Mr. Canady, or if they were injured.

At about 6:30 a.m. Saturday, the three armed men drove Mr. Canady to Clifton, about four miles away.

They then broke into an apartment at 410 Ludlow Ave., tied up a female resident and shot Mr. Canady while he sat handcuffed in his SUV.

Police would not release the name of the person tied up at the Ludlow address or say if she was injured..

Mike Riegel, 32, who lives in another apartment there, said he found Mr. Canady's body.

"I was watching Good Times when I heard bang, bang," Mr. Riegel said. "I knew what it was, so I slipped on a pair of shoes, grabbed my dog and ran outside."

He said Mr. Canady was slumped over a seat in the Suburban, handcuffed and bleeding from his head.

"I yelled at the man and touched him through the open car door," Mr. Riegel said. "He just gurgled blood from the mouth."

Mr. Riegel said he then ran inside, called 911 and returned to the car.

Mr. Canady died at 4:30 p.m. at University Hospital, police said.

Authorities said the men appeared to be looking for something, and that Mr. Canady gave them the Ludlow Avenue address when they threatened him at his South Fairmount home.

Authorities would not speculate on what the men were looking for.

Mr. Canady has a criminal record dating to 1996, included being arrested on charges of possession of counterfeit crack cocaine in 2000.

In May, a criminal temporary protection order was issued ordering Mr. Canady not to have contact with a Westwood woman. That order was later rescinded.

Detectives released a description of two of the three fugitives. One is described as black, early 20s, 5 feet 7 inches tall, wearing a black hood and a black mask.

The other is described as 22, 6 feet to 6 feet 2 inches tall, wearing a black sweater, black jeans, a black hat, and a light gray sweatshirt with "Old Navy" in black letters.

The men were last seen running from 410 Ludlow Ave.

The killing of Mr. Canady was the 62nd homicide investigated in the city this year.

One of those, however, the murder of a woman whose body was found in Oakley in May, was later determined to have happened in Franklin County. Detectives there are carrying that case, reducing Cincinnati's total to 61.

Last year's Cincinnati homicide count was 63, a 14-year high.

Saturday's incident marked at least the second home invasion in the city in less than 24 hours, although there is no apparent connection.

Early Friday morning, two men kicked in the door of an apartment in the 1200 block of Elsinore Street in Mount Adams.

The intruders forced Michael Mines to the floor of his apartment before taking a wallet containing $80 from his back pocket. Mr. Mines said the robbers threatened to shoot him if he didn't cooperate.

Startled neighbors called police after Mr. Mines ran outside screaming he had been robbed. Police quickly swarmed the area and arrested Dion Metts, 18, of 3219 Fairfield, Evanston. He was hiding in a wooded hillside, according to police, who also recovered a .32-caliber pistol.

A second man in the Mount Adams robbery remained at large Saturday night.

Cincinnati Police asked anyone with information about either crime to call the Criminal Investigations Section at 352-3542 or CrimeStoppers at 352-3040.

Callers can remain anonymous and receive up to $1,000 for their information.

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