CINCINNATI: Shootings by police at suspects have increased sharply in Cincinnati, including three over a five-day span.The increase comes at a time when City Council members are being asked to consider proposed budget cuts that could include more than 40 police officer layoffs.So far, there have been nine “officer-involved” shootings — those in which officers fire guns — this year, compared with two last year and six for 2009, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. There are normally four to six officer-involved shootings in Cincinnati during a year, police Lt. Col Vince Demasi said.City Councilman Charlie Winburn referenced the shootings when he urged the mayor and other council members Monday to reject police layoffs the city manager is proposing to help fill a $5 million budget hole this year. Winburn has said the city needs to show it stands behind police amid the increased violence and “recent attacks on police officers and citizens.”No one was injured in the latest shooting, when police say an officer fired at a suspect Tuesday night after he pointed a gun at them. But that shooting came after a weekend in which an officer fatally shot an armed teenager on Fountain Square and a man was critically wounded by police after he opened fire near the Findlay Market downtown.Two of this year’s shootings resulted in an officer killing a suspect. In all nine cases, the officer believed he was being threatened with deadly force, according to police records. In at least five cases, the officers said suspects pointed guns at them, and police said the suspect at Findlay Market shot at officers.