A four-year-old girl has died and a children's hospital has been locked down after a deadly shooting in Ohio, police have said.
According to officers another man has also been taken to hospital in a critical condition following the shooting in Akron on Friday night.
Police locked down Akron Children’s Hospital, where the young girl was taken after the shooting that saw a person reportedly firing into a crowd.
Lieutenant Michael Miller of Akron police confirmed that a girl, aged 4, sadly died at the scene.
The injured man, who is aged 40 and has not been identified, was taken to another hospital and is said to be in a critical condition.
No arrests are said to have been made.
Video on social media appeared to show a large police presence with armed officers swarming on the scene.
The deadly shooting is reported to have taken place in the Summit Hill neighbourhood.
It comes as demonstrations were held in Akron after 25-year-old Jayland Walker was shot and killed by officers during a foot chase.
According to reports the shooting of the girl is not believed to be related to the protests.
Mr Walker was pulled over early Monday morning for a minor traffic violation according to lawyers representing his family.
But it ended fatally with the 25-year-old being shot dead in a car park.
This sparked days of “Justice for Jayland” protests which led to local police chief Steve Mylett and mayor Dan Horrigan announcing they would release body-camera footage from the incident.
A family lawyer, who has seen the footage, said police officers fired "an unbelievable amount of gunfire" and compared it to a "whole brick of fireworks going off".
Jayland’s grieving family has been left waiting for answers but police chief Mylett said he would meet with them before the release to let them see the bodycam footage, officials said.
