CLEVELAND – Cleveland’s police department explains why there’s been a delay in the administrative review of the facts and circumstances into the high-speed chase turned fatal shooting. Cleveland Department of Public Safety director Martin Flask said interviews with the dozens of patrol officers involved in the pursuit have been delayed because the attorney representing them […]
AKRON, Ohio – Akron police have evacuated and closed the University of Akron Polsky Building to investigate a report of a person inside with a weapon. On Facebook, a student in the building posted the following comment to our page at 6:26 p.m.: I was in a sign language class just a few minutes ago. […]
Los Angeles (CNN) — Two sheriff’s deputies have been wounded in a shootout with a suspect believed to be renegade ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Jordan Dorner, a high-ranking law official with knowledge of the investigation said Tuesday. Dorner had stolen a vehicle from a house in the Big Bear area when he came upon […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – There have been a number of protests in wake of the deadly Cleveland police chase and shooting. Now, Reporter Ed Gallek has learned of a rally for the police. Community organizers are planning an event for this Sunday, February 10, from 5-6 p.m. in front of Cleveland’s Second District Headquarters on Fulton just off of I-71. Organizers […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – They call themselves The Task Force for Community Mobilization and they are not satisfied with Attorney General Mike DeWine’s investigation and they’re not afraid to say this was race related. The task force met Thursday night and they want the U.S. Department of Justice to step in, calling this a civil […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News has gotten reaction from the top to the Cleveland Police Union’s call for the chief to resign. Mayor Frank Jackson told Reporter Ed Gallek “I am not firing the chief, not firing the chief.” Gallek encountered Mayor Jackson at City Hall. The mayor told Gallek on Thursday that […]
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association asked for the resignation of Cleveland Chief of Police Michael McGrath during a news conference on Wednesday. The association called the conference to issue its stance on Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s investigation on the chase-turned-deadly shooting. DeWine called the events a “systemic failure” in the Cleveland Division […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland’s police chief denies conclusions in the Ohio attorney general’s report that found “systemic failures” within the police department contributed to a Nov. 29 chase turned fatal shooting. “Our two month investigation reveals that we are dealing with a systematic failure in the Cleveland Police Department. Command staff failed, communications failed, the system […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland Police Chief Mike McGrath and Mayor Frank Jackson were unable to answer most of the questions reporters asked following the Ohio Attorney General’s Office investigation into the fatal night of Nov. 29. McGrath was asked why 59 of the 62 officers involved in the incident didn’t get supervisor permission to be part […]
CLEVELAND – The outcome of the Cleveland police chase turned deadly shooting investigation will be revealed at a Tuesday morning news conference. The news conference is set to begin at 10 a.m. at Richfield BCI where officials will disclose the results of the investigation into the Nov. 29 chase turned fatal shooting that left two […]
CLEVELAND – The city of Cleveland said Tuesday the scope of the internal investigation into a deadly police chase that ended with two suspects shot dead includes more information than first thought, requiring more time than first thought. The city held a news conference Tuesday morning to give a status update on the administrative aspect […]
AKRON, Ohio – Video from the Summit County Domestic Relations Court shows a woman who was seeking a civil protection order being attacked by her boyfriend inside a courtroom. The victim was shoved to the floor and punched several times before the suspect was shocked with a Taser by a bailiff who is also a […]