The person brought in a cane that apparently concealed a two- to three-foot long sword. The incident is under investigation.

The cable TV pioneer and CNN founder, who died Wednesday at 87, lived his first nine years on Gholson Avenue in Avondale. His Turner Broadcasting created the 24-hour news cycle when he launched the Cable News Network in 1980.

"It is a sad but real historical pattern that the summer months bring new challenges when it comes to violence, but that is exactly why we are out on our front foot with a coordinated set of strategies," Mayor Aftab Pureval said Wednesday.

The Cincinnati native had a larger-than-life personality, and used it to launch the country's first 24/7 all-news network.