Washington: At least nine people were killed, including the shooter, and 16 others injured in a mass shooting on Sunday that took place near a bar in the US state of Ohio, the second such incident that came less than 24 hours after a similar carnage in Texas where 20 persons were shot dead.

First reports of the shooting came in at about 1 a.m., that took place outside the Ned Peppers Bar in Dayton city's Oregon area.