UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Police fatally shot 1 person in Clermont County Monday night, according to a press release from Union Township police.

Police said at around 8:42 p.m. Monday evening, Union Township officers responded to a 911 hang-up call that came from the 4200 block of Cider Mill Drive.

The press release says when officers arrived, "the incident escalated into a hostage situation."

That hostage situation "ultimately led to" an officer shooting a person, the press release says. It provides no further details about which officer fired, which agency they served or why an officer fired.

The person shot was taken to a hospital by the Union Township Fire Department, where they died from their injuries.

Police fatally shoot man in Clermont County, Ohio

No officers were hurt, police

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