(Cincinnati) **Update 11-29-12 6pm** Gerry Branner was arrested around 5pm in Colerain Twp, but no other details have been released.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Police have identified a third suspect wanted in connection with an officer-involved shooting last week in Avondale.
Police say that 22-year-old Gerry Branner, of Westwood, fled from a car stopped Nov. 21 as part of an undercover drug operation. Police said he pointed a gun as he fled on foot, and Officer Orlando Smith fired at least shot at him. Officers weren't sure whether Branner was struck by gunfire. Investigators said Smith fatally shot 19-year-old Dontez O'Neal and wounded Bobby Mathews, who officers said had sold heroin a short time earlier to undercover officers.
Police said the pursued a car Wednesday night that they believed Branner may have been riding in, but they said the suspect apparently realized he was being followed and jumped from the vehicle at a BP station on Mitchell Avenue and ran away.
Officers said Branner ran behind a nearby auto dealership and may have fled into Mill Creek. K-9 units were sent to the area, but Branner remains at large.
Branner was described as a black man who is about 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. He was wearing a dark brown jacket over a black hooded sweatshirt and dark blue jeans.
He's wanted on open warrants for drug trafficking, weapons violations, criminal damaging, unauthorized use of property and assault.
Mathews remains jailed on drug charges.











